Diseases

Hypoglycemia

A syndrome of abnormally low BLOOD GLUCOSE level. Clinical hypoglycemia has diverse etiologies. Severe hypoglycemia eventually lead to glucose deprivation of the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM resulting in HUNGER; SWEATING; PARESTHESIA; impaired mental function; SEIZURES; COMA; and even DEATH.

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A syndrome of abnormally low BLOOD GLUCOSE level. Clinical hypoglycemia has diverse etiologies. Severe hypoglycemia eventually lead to glucose deprivation of the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM resulting in HUNGER; SWEATING; PARESTHESIA; impaired mental function; SEIZURES; COMA; and even DEATH.

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  • Fasting Hypoglycemia
  • Postabsorptive Hypoglycemia
  • Postprandial Hypoglycemia
  • Reactive Hypoglycemia
  • Hypoglycemia, Fasting
  • Hypoglycemia, Postabsorptive
  • Hypoglycemia, Postprandial
  • Hypoglycemia, Reactive

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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for hypoglycemic effects caused by plants or extracts use HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hypoglycemia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007003. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007003
  2. Hypoglycemia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoglycemia
  3. Hypoglycemia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202758