Examples of hypoglycemia in the following topics:
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- Hypoglycemia (not to be confused with hyperglycemia), or "low blood sugar," is an abnormally-diminished content of glucose in the blood.
- The most common forms of hypoglycemia occur as a complication of treatment of diabetes mellitus with insulin or oral medications.
- Hypoglycemia is less common in non-diabetic persons, but can occur at any age.
- It can sometimes be difficult to determine whether a person's symptoms are due to hypoglycemia.
- Criteria referred to as Whipple's triad are used to determine a diagnosis of hypoglycemia.
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- Inadequate glucose substrate can lead to hypoglycemia, fetal growth restriction, preterm delivery, or other problems.
- For example, early feeding in the delivery room or as soon as possible may prevent hypoglycemia.
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- Symptoms include hypoglycemia, dehydration, weight loss, and disorientation.
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- During this phase, the body can endure changes such as hypovolemia, hypoosmolarity, hyponatremia, hypochloremia, and hypoglycemia—the stressor effect.
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- A diagnostic fast refers to prolonged fasting (from 8–72 hours depending on age) conducted under observation for investigation of a problem, usually hypoglycemia.
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- These include acute pancreatitis, renal failure, hepatotoxicity, leukopenia, rash, fever, and hypoglycemia.
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- Decreased glucose levels can indicate fungal, tuberculous, or pyogenic infections; lymphomas; leukemia spreading to the meninges; meningoencephalitic mumps; or hypoglycemia.
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- Oversecretion of insulin can cause hypoglycemia, low blood glucose levels.
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- Diabetes is often detected when a person suffers a problem that may be caused by it, such as a heart attack, stroke, neuropathy, poor wound healing or a foot ulcer, certain eye problems, certain fungal infections, or delivering a baby with macrosomia or hypoglycemia.
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- Gastrointestinal and metabolic issues can arise from hypoglycemia, feeding difficulties, rickets of prematurity, hypocalcemia, inguinal hernia, and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).