Introduction
IAH, hypoglycaemia
TYPE 1 DIABETES, HYPOGLYCAEMIA
Approximately 25% of people with type 1 diabetes have impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia (IAH), defined as a ‘diminished ability to perceive the onset of acute hypoglycaemia’ [A number of features of an individual’s response to repeated hypoglycaemia are in keeping with an innate process called habituation. Habituation is a form of adaptive memory, in which there is a reduction in the psychological, behavioural or physiological responses to a stimulus as a result of repeated or prolonged exposure [