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Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia).(Senior Health Advisor 2006)(Disease/Disorder overview)
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- Clinical Reference Systems
- Article date:
- November 1, 2006
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What is hypoglycemia?
Hypoglycemia means low blood sugar. It is usually a side effect of diabetes treatment. It can also result from other diseases or medicines, hormone or enzyme deficiencies, or tumors. A blood sugar lower than 70 that is not treated can be very dangerous. Sometimes hypoglycemia is called an insulin reaction or insulin shock.
How does it occur?
If you have diabetes and you have too much insulin or other diabetes medicine in your blood, your blood sugar level will become too low. Some other causes of abnormally low blood sugar levels are:
* exercising more than usual
* skipping or delaying meals or snacks
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