Causes of Hyperglycemia

List of causes of Hyperglycemia

Following is a list of causes or underlying conditions (see also Misdiagnosis of underlying causes of Hyperglycemia) that could possibly cause Hyperglycemia includes:

• Diabetic Ketoacidosis
• Diabetes
  • Impaired Glucose Tolerance (IGT)
  • Type 1 Diabetes - juvenile diabetes or insulin dependent diabetes
  • Type 2 Diabetes - adult or non-insulin dependent diabetes
  • Gestational Diabetes
• See also causes of symptoms hyperglycemia and diabetes-like symptoms

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Causes of Hyperglycemia (Diseases Database):

The follow list shows some of the possible medical causes of Hyperglycemia that are listed by the Diseases Database:

• Daclizumab
• Maturity onset diabetes of the young
• Drip arm sample
• Phaeochromocytoma
• Insulin receptor antibodies
• Nicotinic acid
• Hyperosmolar non-ketotic diabetic coma
• VIPoma
• Bumetanide
• Asparaginase
• Diabetes-deafness syndrome maternally transmitted
• Parenteral nutrition
• Gestational diabetes
• Arsenic trioxide
• Lanreotide
• Diabetes mellitus type 2
• Myotonic dystrophy
• Fanconi-Bickel syndrome
• Saquinavir
• Pancreatic cancer
• Ziprasidone
• Ritonavir
• Glucagonoma
• Bendrofluazide
• Thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anemia syndrome
• Prednisolone
• Familial lipodystrophy of limbs and trunk
• Somatostatinoma
• Pancreatitis, chronic
• Rabson-Mendenhall syndrome
• Chromium deficiency
• Olanzapine
• Diabetic ketoacidosis
• Frusemide
• Thiabendazole
• Indomethacin
• Pituitary tumour (growth hormone secreting)
• Leprechaunism
• Diazoxide
• Wolcott-Rallison syndrome
• Chlortalidone
• Growth hormone
• MELAS
• Ritodrine
• Diabetes mellitus, transient neonatal
• Amprenavir
• Cyclopenthiazide
• Diabetes mellitus type 1
• Hydrochlorothiazide
• Cushing's syndrome
• Somatostatin
• Isoniazid
• Gemtuzumab ozogamicin
• Haemochromatosis
• DIDMOAD syndrome
• Pancreatitis, acute

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Hyperglycemia: Differential Diagnosis
(In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)

• Impaired fasting glucose

• Medications
  –Corticosteroids are a common cause
  –Common medications include growth hormone, estrogen (including oral contraceptives), nicotinic acid, salicylates and NSAIDs, thiazide and loop diuretics, phenytoin, and epinephrine
• Diabetes mellitus type I
  –Diabetic ketoacidosis
• Diabetes mellitus type II
• Pancreatic disease
  –Acute or chronic pancreatitis
  –Pancreatectomy
  –Pancreatic carcinoma
  –Hemochromatosis
  –Cystic fibrosis
• Increased counter-regulatory hormones associated with acute disease
  –Myocardial infarction
  –Stroke or other neurologic disease
  –Renal insufficiency
  –Hepatic insufficiency
• Acromegaly
• Cushing's syndrome
• Pheochromocytoma
• Hyperthyroidism (thyroid storm)
• Glucagonoma
• Gestational diabetes
• Amyloidosis

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Hyperglycemia: Differential Diagnosis
(In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)

• Type I diabetes mellitus
  –Most common form of diabetes in children
  –Prevalence: 1.9/1,000
  –Autoimmune-mediated destruction of pancreatic islets (β-cells)
  –Absolute insulin deficiency
  –Often presents with ketosis and DKA

• Type II diabetes mellitus
  –Increasing prevalence in children, especially among obese
  –In children, onset usually in mid-puberty
  –More frequent in blacks, Hispanics, Pacific Islanders, Asians, and Native Americans (Pima Indians)
  –Strong association with family history of type II diabetes
  –Insulin resistance and inadequate insulin secretion results in relative insulin deficiency

• Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY)
  –Infrequent
  –Autosomal dominant disease
  –Onset usually between 9 and 25 years old
  –Genetic defects in enzymes or nuclear transcription factors involved in islet cell development or the regulation of insulin secretion
• Drug- or chemical-induced diabetes
  –Glucocorticoids, β-adrenergic agonists, phenytoin, asparaginase, cyclosporine, tacrolimus, vacor, pentamidine, diazoxide, nicotinic acid, thyroid hormone, thiazides
• Other endocrinopathies: Cushing disease, acromegaly, pheochromocytoma
• Exocrine pancreatic diseases
  –Cystic fibrosis
  –Hemochromatosis
• Pancreatectomy
• Physiological stress (trauma, infection)
• Infections
  –CMV
  –Congenital rubella
• Genetic syndromes: Prader-Willi syndrome, Down syndrome, Turner syndrome, Klinefelter syndrome, Wolfram syndrome

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Hyperglycemia as a symptom:

Conditions listing Hyperglycemia as a symptom may also be potential underlying causes of Hyperglycemia. Our database lists the following as having Hyperglycemia as a symptom of that condition:

• Acquired total lipodystrophy
• Adrenal Cortex Diseases
• Amlodipine toxicity
• Anophthalmia - short stature - obesity
• Bard-Pic syndrome
• Brunzell syndrome
• Cephalothoracic progressive lipodystrophy
• Christian-Demyer-Franken syndrome
• Congenital partial lipodystrophy
• Cushing syndrome, familial
• Cushing's syndrome
• Delta-1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate dehydrogenase deficiency
• DEND syndrome
• Diabetes mellitus, permanent neonatal - pancreatic and cerebellar agenesis
• Felodipine toxicity
• Friedreich ataxia
• Functioning pancreatic endocrine tumor
• Glucagonoma syndrome
• Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Syndrome
• Hyperprolinemia type 2
• Hypokalemia
• Ichthyosis and male hypogonadism
• Insulin-resistance syndrome, type A
• Insulin-resistance type B
• Isoniazid toxicity
• Isradipine toxicity
• Leprechaunism
• Leschke syndrome
• Lipodystrophy, familial partial, type 1 (FPLD1)
• Lipodystrophy, familial partial, type 3 (FPLD3)
• MODY syndrome
• MODY syndrome, type 1
• MODY syndrome, type III
• MODY syndrome, type IV
• Niacin overdose
• Nifedipine toxicity
• Nimodipine toxicity
• Phenytoin toxicity
• Pheochromocytoma
• Rabson-Mendenhall syndrome
• Radio digito - facial dysplasia
• Retinohepatoendocrinologic syndrome
• Thiamine responsive megaloblastic anemia syndrome
• Wolfram's disease

Medications or substances causing Hyperglycemia:

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of Hyperglycemia as a symptom. This list is incomplete and various other drugs or substances may cause your symptoms. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

• Diazoxide
• Hyperstat I.V
• Proglycem
• Sefulken
• Phyhllocontin

See full list of 121 medications causing Hyperglycemia

Drug interactions causing Hyperglycemia:

When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react causing Hyperglycemia as a symptom.

The list below is incomplete and various other drugs or substances may cause your symptoms. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

• Repaglinide and rifampin interaction
• Prandin and rifampin interaction
• Repaglinide and barbiturate interaction
• Prandin and barbiturate interaction
• Repaglinide and gemfibrozil interaction

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Medical news summaries relating to Hyperglycemia:

The following medical news items are relevant to causes of Hyperglycemia:

• Diabetes risk for mental illness patients
• Diabetic and complications
• High risk of stroke for diabetics
• Hyperglycemia linked to increased mortality amongst critically ill patients
• Improved blood sugar control with weight lifting
• More to diabetes diagnosis
• Prolonged use of HIV treatment leads to heart disease and stroke
• Stress provokes exacerbation of diabetes

Related information on causes of Hyperglycemia:

As with all medical conditions, there may be many causal factors. Further relevant information on causes of Hyperglycemia may be found in:

• Risk factors for Hyperglycemia
• Medications that may cause Hyperglycemia
• Hidden causes of Hyperglycemia