Hypoglycaemia

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• Synonyms

  • Low blood glucose

• Causes

  • Hyperinsulinaemia
  • Alcohol
  • Liver failure
  • Low glucocorticoid
  • Low growth hormone
  • Hypothyroidism
  • Raised insulin-like growth factor II
  • Chronic renal failure
  • Insulin autoantibodies
  • Pentamidine
  • Addisonian crisis
  • Plasmodium falciparum
  • Quinine
  • Salicylate poisoning
  • Galactosaemia
  • Von Gierke disease
  • Premature birth

• Effects

  • Physiological tremor
  • Hunger
  • Syncope
  • Sweating
  • Lightheadedness
  • Seizure
  • Delirium
  • Drowsiness
  • Coma
  • Cerebral infarction
  • Increased growth hormone secretion
  • Asystole
  • Dizziness
  • Stupor
  • Night sweats

• Parents

  • Biochemical investigation

• Description

  • "Defined as fasting blood glucose < 2.5 mmol/L"