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Is the patient taking oral hypoglycemia drugs or insulin? If so, the dosage may be too high.
Is there a history of weight gain and/or episode of loss of consciousness? This would strongly suggest an insulinoma is the cause.
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Hypoglycemia causes release of glucagon, growth hormone, and catecholamines, which rapidly mobilize liver glycogen to provide fuel (elevated epinephrine causes the symptoms of hypoglycemia). Hypoglycemia rapidly causes neurologic dysfunction (may be irreversible... Differential Diagnosis ... Workup and Diagnosis ... Treatment
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Hypoglycemia is defined by venous plasma glucose below 60 mg/dL. Normally, the body has several mechanisms that prevent hypoglycemia during fasting. Recurrent hypoglycemia suggests a defect in one of these fasting systems. The brain relies on glucose... Differential Diagnosis ... Workup and Diagnosis ... Treatment
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... A list of possibilities for hypoglycemia may be had simply by thinking of the endocrine glands. Consequently, thinking of the pancreas one could recall an insulinoma. Thinking of the adrenal gland, one would recall Addison disease. Considering the
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... Fasting Hypoglycemia
Overutilization of glucose
Autoimmune
Antiidiotypic antibodies to antiinsulin antibodies
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... Hypoglycemia is an abnormally low glucose level in the bloodstream. It occurs when glucose burns up too rapidly, when the glucose release rate falls behind tissue demands, or when excessive insulin enters the bloodstream. Hypoglycemia is classified as... Causes and incidence ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations ... Pictures
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... An abnormally low glucose level in the bloodstream, hypoglycemia occurs when glucose burns up too rapidly, when the glucose release rate falls behind tissue demands, or when excessive insulin enters the bloodstream.
Hypoglycemia is classified as reactive or... Causes ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations
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A list of possibilities for hypoglycemia may be had simply by thinking
of the endocrine glands. Consequently, thinking of the pancreas one
could recall an insulinoma. Thinking of the adrenal gland, one would recall
Addison disease. Considering the pituitary one... Pictures
... READ EXCERPTS »
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