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Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia).(Adult Health Advisor 2007)(Disease/Disorder overview)
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- Clinical Reference Systems
- Article date:
- May 31, 2007
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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 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) 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
* ...