Medical: Hypoglycemia
- Reactive hypoglycemia = postprandial hypoglycemia
- Fasting hypoglycaemia
- Exogenous hypoglycaemia
Fasting hypoglycemia: hypoglycemia independent of food intake during fasting can have various causes. These include various types of tumors (including insulinoma (insulin-forming tumor), liver tumor), liver diseases and hormone disorders due to poor function of the adrenal cortex (cortisone) or the pituitary gland. In addition, certain storage diseases (glycogenoses), kidney diseases or enlargement (hyperplasia) of the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas can cause this type of hypoglycemia.
Exogenous hypoglycaemia: The last form, the exogenous causes of hypoglycaemia, is caused by external influences (exogenous), for example, in diabetics by administration of too much insulin or antidiabetic drugs (sulfonylureas), in non-diabetics after taking the above-mentioned drugs, which is not indicated from a medical point of view (in the case of mental illness, as a suicide attempt). Excessive consumption of alcohol without food (inhibition of glucose formation by alcohol) or the interaction of drugs with each other can also cause exogenous hypoglycaemia. Hypoglycemia in diabetics: Hypoglycemia in diabetes mellitus (diabetes) is known to be an important complication to be avoided and can be triggered by the following factors: Absolute overdose as the cause of hypoglycaemia is the intake of too much insulin or sulfonylureas, which lower blood sugar so much that hypoglycaemia occurs.
A relative overdose, on the other hand, occurs when the food intake is reduced during acute illness (e.g. infections) while the drug dose remains the same. As the sugar intake via the diet is reduced, the blood sugar level drops to the same extent as before, but to a lower final value, resulting in hypoglycaemia.
- Relative overdose of insulin or sulfonylureas (antidiabetic)
- Absolute overdose of insulin or sulfonylureas
- Interaction with tablets, which also lower blood sugar
- Heavy physical exertion
- Alcohol consumption (inhibition of glucose formation by alcohol)
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