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Hypoglycemia

Aka: Hypoglycemia
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  1. Causes
    1. Diabetes Mellitus on Insulin or Insulin Secretagogue
    2. Postprandial Hypoglycemia (Reactive Hypoglycemia)
    3. Fasting Hypoglycemia
  2. Symptoms
    1. Sympathetic response
      1. Sweating
      2. Tremor
      3. Tachycardia
      4. Anxiety
      5. Hunger
    2. CNS symptoms
      1. Dizziness
      2. Visual disturbance
      3. Confusion
      4. Convulsions
      5. Syncope
  3. Diagnosis: Whipple's Triad
    1. Low Plasma Glucose
      1. Men < 2.8 mmol/L (50 mg/dl)
      2. Women < 2.2 mmol/L (40 mg/dl)
    2. Hypoglycemic Symptoms
      1. May be masked by certain conditions or medications
        1. Autonomic Neuropathy
        2. Beta Blockers
    3. Symptoms improve with plasma Glucose correction
  4. Management
    1. See Hypoglycemia Management
  5. General Dietary Measures
    1. Avoid fasting
    2. Small, frequent meals

Blood glucose decreased (C0595883)

Concepts Finding (T033)
English BLOOD SUGAR DECREASED, SUGAR BLOOD DECREASED, GLUCOSE BLOOD DECREASED, Glucose blood decreased, Blood sugar decreased, Decreased blood sugar, Sugar blood decreased, blood decreasing sugar, blood glucose decreased, Blood glucose decreased
Dutch glucose bloed verlaagd, suiker bloed verlaagd, bloed suiker verlaagd, verlaagd bloed suiker, bloed glucose verlaagd
French Glucose sanguin diminué, DIMINUTION DE LA GLYCEMIE, Glycémie diminuée
German Blutzucker erniedrigt, Blutzucker erniedigt, erniedrigter Blutzucker, BLUTZUCKER ERNIEDRIGT, Glukose im Blut erniedrigt
Portuguese Açúcar no sangue diminuído, BAIXA DA GLICEMIA, Glicemia diminuída
Spanish Azúcar disminuida en sangre, Azucar disminuida en sangre, AZUCAR EN SANGRE, DISMINUIDO, Glucosa disminuida en sangre
Japanese 血中ブドウ糖減少, 血糖減少, ｹｯﾁｭｳﾌﾞﾄﾞｳﾄｳｹﾞﾝｼｮｳ, ｹｯﾄｳｹﾞﾝｼｮｳ
Czech Glykemie snížená, Hladina cukru v krvi snížená, Snížená hladina krevního cukru, Hodnoty glykemie snížené, Hladina krevního cukru snížená
Italian Zuccheri ematici diminuiti, Glucosio ematico diminuito
Hungarian Glükóz vérszint csökkent, Vércukor csökkent, Vércukorszint csökkent
Sources
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


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