Hypoglycaemia
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 doesn't, you have hypoglycemia, and your blood sugar can be dangerously low. Signs include HungerShakinessDizzinessConfusionDifficulty speakingFeeling anxious or weakIn people with diabetes, hypoglycemia is often a side effect of diabetes medicines. Eating or drinking something with carbohydrates can help. If it happens often, your health care provider may need to change your treatment plan.You can also have low blood sugar without having diabetes. Causes include certain medicines or diseases, hormone or enzyme deficiencies, and tumors. Laboratory tests can help find the cause. The kind of treatment depends on why you have low blood sugar.NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
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Dear Mahesh, Thanks a lot fir for tagging me to answer your question. Coming to the case, continue all the Medicines as it is as everything is fine. Don't with draw any medication for Diabetes unless the patient C/O Hypoglycemic episodes...
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Lesson to be learnt. WE SHOULD EDUCATE THE PATIENT ABOUT THE DRUGS HE USES eg in the case patient was on gliclazide duration of action 12 hrs so he has to b taught that HE. Has to use it in BD
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Bolus injection of hypertonic glucose causes hyperinsulinemia and it further causes rebound hypoglycemia
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It is a case of fatty acid metabolic disorder,MCAD. An autosomal recessive disorder..clinical presentation is typical...minor illnesses can precipitate hypoglycemia.
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