Top Document: diabetes FAQ: treatment (part 3 of 5) Previous Document: I beat my wife! (and other aspects of hypoglycemia) Next Document: Alcohol and Diabetes See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Sometimes. Symptoms of hypoglycemia are divided into the adrenergic and the neuroglycopenic. Adrenergic responses are caused by increased activity of the autonomic nervous system and may be triggered by a rapid fall in blood glucose (bG) or by low absolute bG levels; symptoms include weakness sweating tachycardia palpitations tremor nervousness irritability (sound familiar?) tingling of mouth and fingers hunger nausea or vomiting (unusual) The autonomic nervous system activity also causes the secretion of epinephrine, glucagon, cortisol and growth hormone. The first two are secreted rapidly and eliminated rapidly. The second two are secreted slowly and remain active for 4-6 hours, and may cause reactive hyperglycemia. Neuroglycopenic responses are caused by decreased activity of the central nervous system and are triggered only by low absolute bG levels; symptoms include headache hypothermia visual disturbances mental dullness confusion amnesia seizures coma The above information is from Mayer Davidson's _Diabetes Mellitus: Diagnosis and Treatment_. Remember, as always, that individual responses vary greatly. The exact set of symptoms encountered will vary. It's not impossible that some of the symptoms will fall in the other category for some individuals. User Contributions:Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic:Top Document: diabetes FAQ: treatment (part 3 of 5) Previous Document: I beat my wife! (and other aspects of hypoglycemia) Next Document: Alcohol and Diabetes Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Part4 - Part5 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: edward@paleo.org
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