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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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