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	Hypoglycemia - Definition, Description, Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Prognosis, Prevention
		The cause for this type of hypoglycemia is not known.
		Idiopathic hypoglycemia also occurs among people who have negative reactions to certain foods and drugs.
		Idiopathic hypoglycemia is often characterized by milder symptoms, such as:
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	Hypoglycemia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hypoglycemia is a medical term referring to a pathologic state produced by a lower than normal amount of sugar (glucose) in the blood.
		Hypoglycemia can produce a variety of symptoms and effects but the principal problems arise from an inadequate supply of glucose as fuel to the brain, resulting in impairment of function (neuroglycopenia).
		Hypoglycemia is also a term of contemporary American folk medicine which refers to a recurrent state of symptoms of altered mood and cognitive efficiency, sometimes accompanied by adrenergic symptoms, but not necessarily by measured low blood glucose.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hypoglycemia (4324 words)

	eMedicine - Hypoglycemia : Article by Vasudevan A Raghavan
		Hypoglycemia is a syndrome characterized by a reduction in plasma glucose concentration to a level that may induce symptoms of low blood sugar.
		The incidence of hypoglycemia in a population is difficult to ascertain.
		Hypoglycemia is a known complication of many therapies for diabetes; therefore, the incidence of hypoglycemia in a population of people with diabetes is very different from that in a population of people without diabetes.
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	Hypoglycemia - Article
		The precise level of glucose considered low enough to define hypoglycemia is dependent on (1) the measurement method, (2) the age of the person, (3) presence or absence of effects, and (4) the purpose of the definition.
		When hypoglycemia occurs repeatedly, a record or "diary" of the spells over several months, noting the circumstances of each spell (time of day, relation to last meal, nature of last meal, response to carbohydrate, and so forth) may be useful in recognizing the nature and cause of the hypoglycemia.
		Hypoglycemia is also a term of contemporary American folk medicine which refers to a recurrent state of symptoms of altered mood and subjective cognitive efficiency, sometimes accompanied by adrenergic symptoms, but not necessarily by measured low blood glucose.
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	Idiopathic Hypertension -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In these cases, the origin of the condition is said to be "idiopathic." With some medical conditions, the medical community cannot establish a root cause for a large percentage of all cases (''e.g.'' scoliosis, fully half of which is idiopathic); with other conditions, however, idiopathic cases account for a small percentage (''e.g.'', pulmonary fibrosis).
		Idiopathic short stature (ISS) refers to extreme short stature that does not have a diagnostic explanation (''idiopathic'' designates a condition that is unexplained or not understood) after an ordinary growth evaluation.
		The term idiopathic postprandial syndrome was coined in the late 1970s in an attempt to reserve the term hypoglycemia for those conditions in which low glucose levels could be demonstrated.
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	Idiopathic hypoglycemia
		Idiopathic or common hypoglycemia is a condition in which the glucose level in the blood is abnormally low.
		Unlike other forms of hypoglycemia, this variety is not caused by medication, drugs, or illness.
		A potentially serious form of idiopathic hypoglycaemia is caused by an insulin-secreting tumour of the pancreas.
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	Idiopathic hypoglycemia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Idiopathic hypoglycemia is, literally, a medical condition in which the glucose level in the blood (blood glucose) is abnormally low due to an undeterminable cause.
		Some lay people use idiopathic hypoglycemia as a synonym for reactive hypoglycemia or for hypoglycemia that is not diagnosed by a physician and does not fulfill the Whipple triad criteria.
		A more precise term for this condition is idiopathic postprandial syndrome.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Idiopathic_hypoglycemia (137 words)

	What is Hypoglycemia? - Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In adults, fasting hypoglycemia is related to a serious condition such as an insulinoma, extrapancreatic tumor, liver or kidney failure, or hormonal deficiencies.
		Rarely, alimentary hypoglycemia produces severe neurologic symptoms such as seizures; this occurs in some individuals with prior removal of more than half of their stomachs.
		We avoid the diagnosis of idiopathic or functional reactive hypoglycemia since these labels imply the problem is psychosomatic and may not acknowledge the presence of a derangement of blood glucose homeostasis.
	www.hcf-nutrition.org /diabetes_disease/hypoglycemia_article.html (643 words)

	Hypoglycemia biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Hypoglycemia is a medical term referring to a pathologic state produced and usually defined by a lower than normal amount of sugar (glucose) in the blood.
		Another serious cause of hypoglycemia is the 'insulinoma', a pancreatic tumor that is derived from B (beta) cells of islets of Langerhans.
		Hypoglycemia is also known as idiopathic if no physical cause for the bloodsugar drop can be discerned.
	hypoglycemia.biography.ms (1867 words)

	Renders Wellness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Hypoglycemia is a condition associated with, an abnormally low level of glucose in the bloodstream.
		Hypoglycemia which results from fasting or from injection of too much insulin (such as with the diabetic) is referred to as "reactive".
		Endogenous hypoglycemia could be the result of tumors or liver disease, insulinomas, small islet cell tumors in the pancreas, secrete excessive amounts of insulin, which inhibits hepatic glucose production.
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	Idiopathic hypoglycemia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Idiopathic or common hypoglycemia is acondition in which the glucose level in the blood is abnormally low.
		To those with the mostextensive training and experience with the varieties of severe hypoglycemia, hypoglycemia denotes symptoms caused by bloodglucose levels measurably lower than those of similar healthy people and the term idiopathic hypoglycemia denotes suchhypoglycemia when it does not fall into one of the "medically understood" forms.
		For the vastmajority of adults, reactive hypoglycemia is a nuisance reduced or avoided by changing eating habits, at least compared to thelife- or brain-threatening hypoglycemia of insulinomas, congenital hyperinsulinism, insulin taken for diabetes, etc.
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	Hypoglycemia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Hypoglycemia should always be excluded as the cause of an initial episode of convulsions, coma, or a sudden alteration of neurobehavioral functioning.
		Hypoglycemia occurs within two hours of glucose ingestion and is associated with an even earlier hyperglycemic phase due to the rapid absorption of glucose with prompt insulin secretion.
		The term functional hypoglycemia has been used to describe such patients, many of whom may have emotional complaints that are unrelated to the prevailing blood glucose concentration and whose symptom complex may be triggered by placebo rather than by glucose.
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	Hypoglycemia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Hypoglycemia is also a term of contemporary American folk medicine which refers to a recurrent state of symptoms of altered mood and cognitive efficiency, sometimes accompanied by adrenalin symptoms, but not by measurably low blood glucose.
		Fasting hypoglycemia is diagnosed from a blood sample that shows a blood glucose level of less than 50 mg/dL after an overnight fast, between meals, or after exercise.Causes include certain medications, alcohol, critical illnesses, hormonal deficiencies, some kinds of tumors, and certain conditions occurring in infancy and childhood.
		Hypoglycemia is usually divided into "reactive hypoglycemia" and "functional hypoglycemia." Reactive hypoglycemia refers to hypoglycemia caused by external influences, like diet and medication use.
	www.yotor.com /wiki/en/hy/Hypoglycemia.htm (1815 words)

	Idiopathic hypoglycemia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		To those with the most extensive training and experience with the varieties of severe hypoglycemia, hypoglycemia denotes symptoms caused by blood glucose levels measurably lower than those of similar healthy people and the term idiopathic hypoglycemia denotes such hypoglycemia when it does not fall into one of the "medically understood" forms.
		The condition can be managed so that hypoglycemia is prevented or ameliorated by including foods in the meal that slow digestion and stomach emptying (typically fat and protein) or by slowing the digestion of starch with a glucosidase inhibitor such as acarbose.
		For the vast majority of adults, reactive hypoglycemia is a nuisance reduced or avoided by changing eating habits, at least compared to the life- or brain-threatening hypoglycemia of insulinomas, congenital hyperinsulinism, insulin taken for diabetes, etc.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/idiopathic_hypoglycemia (645 words)

	Echoed Voices: Health Watch - Hypoglycemia - January 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Hypoglycemia within 1 to 2 hours after a meal is sometimes associated with the rapid emptying of the contents of the stomach into the intestines; this causes the rapid absorption of glucose into the blood and an overproduction of insulin (hyperinsulinism) in response.
		Symptoms of hypoglycemia within 1 to 2 hours after a meal, as in the alimentary type, in people who have not had stomach surgery is called spontaneous reactive hypoglycemia (also sometimes called functional or idiopathic hypoglycemia).
		Hypoglycemia may also occur, though rarely, under certain conditions in early pregnancy or with prolonged fasting or missed meals, severe malnutrition, or prolonged strenuous exercise, such as running a marathon.
	www.echoedvoices.org /Jan2003/Health_Watch.html (1506 words)

	Causes of Hypoglycemia - WrongDiagnosis.com
		Hypoglycemia is at least as common in neonates and children as it is in adults and affects 1 out of 1,000 people.
		Hypoglycemia is at least as common in neonates and children as it’s in adults.
		A rare cause of hypoglycemia in infants is nesidioblastosis, a benign condition of the insulin-producing islet cells.
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	HYPOGLYCEMIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Hypoglycemia occurs most often in insulin-dependent diabetics as a complication of insulin therapy and accounts for 3 to 7 percent of deaths in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
		Postgastrectomy hypoglycemia is not the same as dumping syndrome, which is due to rapid dilution of a hyperosmolar load in the jejunum and produces symptoms of weakness, pallor, nausea, epigastric discomfort, palpitations, dizziness, and diarrhea.
		Idiopathic hypoglycemia is probably rare and may simply reflect the transition in intermediary metabolism between the fed and fasting state.
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	Pakistani Medical and Health Portal
		Often idiopathic but may be caused by early diabetes, alcohol intake, status post gastrectomy, renal failure, drugs such as salicylates, beta-blockers, pentamidine, ACE inhibitors.
		Hypoglycemia and increased body weight, which are seen with sulfonylureas and insulin, are not a problem with metformin.
		This refers to hyperglycemia secondary to a period of drug-induced hypoglycemia with metabolic compensation (increased gluconeogenesis and sympathetic outflow).
	www.pakdoctor.com /health_professional/medical_nutrition/HYPOGLYCEMIA.html (3924 words)

	AllRefer Health - Hypoglycemia (Insulin Shock, Low Blood Sugar)
		Hypoglycemia results when your body's glucose is used up too rapidly, when glucose is released into the bloodstream more slowly than is needed by your body, or when excessive insulin is released into the bloodstream.
		Severe hypoglycemia may occur in an infant born to a woman with diabetes or gestational diabetes.
		Hypoglycemia can occur because of an insulin-secreting tumor of the pancreas, liver disease, or as a response to the ingestion of alcohol.
	health.allrefer.com /health/hypoglycemia-info.html (539 words)

	Reactive Functional Hypoglycemia
		Hypoglycemia is a general term used to describe a mixed bag of symptoms that...
		The major form of functional hypoglycemia is reactive hypoglycemia, which is simply an exaggeration of the body's...
		Hypoglycemia is a pathologic state that is caused by neuronal glucose deprivation.
	www.adult-diabetes.com /diabetes/reactive-functional-hypoglycemia.html (430 words)

	Virtual Hospital: University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook, Fourth Edition: Hematologic, Electrolyte, and Metabolic ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Often idiopathic but may be caused by early diabetes, alcohol intake, status postgastrectomy, renal failure, drugs such as salicylates, beta-blockers, pentamidine, ACE inhibitors.
		Complications of sulfonylureas include: hypoglycemia, which may be severe and prolonged; a disulfiram-like effect, which may be seen when taken with alcohol, with flushing, headache, tachycardia, nausea, and vomiting; and severe hyponatremia and fluid retention, which may result from the use of chlorpropamide in the elderly (drug-induced SIADH).
		Drug interactions include: propranolol and clonidine may mask the signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia; thiazide diuretics, chlorthalidone, furosemide, ethacrynic acid, and phenytoin may have antagonistic effects on sulfonylureas; and hypoglycemic effects of the sulfonylureas may be potentiated by beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors, salicylates, sulfonamides, phenylbutazone, methyldopa, clofibrate, warfarin, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, and chloramphenicol.
	www.vh.org /adult/provider/familymedicine/FPHandbook/Chapter06/12-6.html (4813 words)

	Hypo FAQs - 3. General
		Hypoglycemia is not a disease, it's a multicausal syndrome with a variety of symptoms.
		Some people suffer from hypoglycemia from birth or childhood on, some later discovered they did, while there is also a group of people who can clearly mark the beginning of their first hypoglycemia symptoms, e.g.
		In order to be able to treat hypoglycemia it is especially important to get a good diagnosis, after which you may be able to track down the specific causes or circumstances that triggered your disease.
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	Hypoglycemia
		Hypoglycemia: deficiency of glucose concentration in the blood, which may lead to nervousness, hypothermia, headache, confusion, and sometimes convulsions and coma.
		Hypoglycemia is characterized by an abnormally low glucose level, hypoglycemia occurs when glucose is used too rapidly, when the glucose release rate falls behind tissue demands, or when excessive insulin enters the blood stream.
		Hypoglycemia is a specific endocrine imbalance, its symptoms are often vague and depend on how quickly the patient's glucose levels drop.
	www.med-help.net /Hypoglycemia.html (604 words)

	Baylor Neurology Case of the Month
		With nondiagnostic results on these studies, she was given a provisional diagnosis of idiopathic reactive hypoglycemia, and instructed to have frequent small meals.
		For treatment of alimentary hypoglycemia, prevention of rapid absorption of large amounts of carbohydrate, frequent small feedings, avoidance of large amounts of simple sugars, beta-adrenergic antagonists, anticholinergics and intestinal a-glucosidase inhibitors are often effective.
		Severe, apparently idiopathic reactive hypoglycemia may result from islet cell hyperplasia or nesidioblastosis, which may require selective arterial infusions of calcium for diagnosis (as 72-hour fasts and C-peptide suppression tests may both be negative), and may require insulin gradient-guided partial pancreatic resection for treatment.
	www.bcm.edu /neurol/challeng/pat53/summary.html (2599 words)

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		Idiopathic reactive hypoglycemia (IRH) is responsible for postprandial hypoglycemia according to a study from Rome, Italy.
		Reactive hypoglycemia occurs in about 2-3 out of every 10 young women, more often in obese women and less often in people over age 45.
		Liver disease or a tumor of the pancreas is generally the underlying cause of this type of hypoglycemia.
	www.lycos.com /info/hypoglycemia--reactive-hypoglycemia.html (598 words)

	Glucose Tolerance Test Used to Diagnose Hypoglycemia
		In order to diagnose reactive hypoglycemia an extended (5 or 6 hour) test is necessary, as with some hypoglycemics symptoms won't occur until the 5th hour.
		As said, this test is not suitable to diagnose reactive hypoglycemia with, because low blood sugar levels as a reaction on the glucose intake often occur after 2 hours or more (up to 5 or 6 hours).
		The curve is typical for a prestage of hypoglycemia.
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