Hypoglycemia - Causes, Incidence And Risk Factors
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The Human body and Hypoglysemia
Hypoglycemia is a condition that occurs when blood sugar (glucose) is too low.
blood glucose below 70 mg / dL is considered low. blood glucose at this level may hurt you.Causes and Risk Factors of Hypoglysemia
Hypoglycemia occurs when:
The body of sugar (glucose) was used too quickly
Glucose is released into the bloodstream too slowly
Too much insulin is released into the blood
Insulin is a hormone that lowers blood sugar. It is produced by the pancreas in response to increased glucose in the blood.
Hypoglycemia is relatively common in diabetics. If you have diabetes and are taking any of the following anti-diabetes drugs, you risk low blood sugar:
Chlorpropamide (Diabinese), tolazamide (Tolinase) acetohexamide (Dymelor), glipizide (Glucotrol) or tolbutamide (Orinase)
Glyburide (Micronase), glimepiride (Amaryl), repaglinide (Prandin), nateglinide (Starlix) and mitiglinide) - The risk with these drugs is lower, but still possible
Insulin
If you have diabetes, hypoglycemia can occur when:
They take too much insulin or diabetes medication cons
You do not eat enough food
You suddenly increase your exercise without increasing the amount of food you eat
Relative hypoglycemia is a fairly common condition in which glucose in the blood of a newborn is low. Babies born to mothers with diabetes may have severe hypoglycemia.
Idiopathic hypoglycemia is hypoglycemia that occurs without a known cause. People with this type of hypoglycemia do not have diabetes.
Hypoglycemia can also be caused by:
Alcohol intake
Insulinoma - A tumor of the pancreas that produce too much insulin
Liver disease