Severe hypoglycemia

Description of Severe hypoglycemia

Description of Severe hypoglycemia
 
Hypoglycemia means low blood glucose, or blood sugar. Your body needs glucose to have enough energy. After you eat, your blood absorbs glucose. If you eat more sugar than your body needs, your muscles, and liver store the extra. When your blood sugar begins to fall, a hormone tells your liver to release glucose.

In most people, this raises blood sugar. If it does not, you have hypoglycemia, and your blood sugar can be dangerously low.
 
Signs and Symptoms of Severe hypoglycemia
 
Common symptoms are:
1. Hunger
2. Shakiness
3. Dizziness
4. Confusion
5. Difficulty speaking
6. Feeling anxious or weak
In people with diabetes, hypoglycemia is often a side effect of diabetes medicines.
 
Causes and Risk Factors of Severe hypoglycemia
 
Causes include:
1. Certain medicines or diseases
2. Hormone or enzyme deficiencies
3. Tumors
 
Investigations
 
Your doctor shall suggest laboratory tests find the cause.
 
NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
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31 Jan 2018 | 12:33 PM (IST)
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