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Hypoglycemia
Condition / disease reference page from the Everyone Healthy database.
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Connected health information
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Linked signs and symptoms
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Linked drugs / medications
1Medication information is educational only. A doctor or pharmacist should advise whether any medicine is appropriate.
Treatments, therapies and supportive options
8Grouped by treatment type. These are educational database links, not personal treatment recommendations. Evidence labels are shown only where stored in the EH database.
Linked diagnostic tests and investigations
16These are pulled from both EH diagnostic-test link tables, including the older large test-link table.
- C-Peptide Concentration Test
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Glucose Concentration
- Coagulation Factor Assay (Blood Clotting Factors)
- Glucagon Concentration Test
- Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT, OGTT, 120 Minutes After Glucose Load)
- Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT, OGTT, 160 Minutes After Glucose Load)
- Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT, OGTT, 30 Minutes After Glucose Load)
- Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT, OGTT, 60 Minutes After Glucose Load)
- Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT, OGTT, Fasting Glucose)
- Glucose Tolerance Test for Gestational Diabetes (1 Hour After Glucose Load)
- Glucose Tolerance Test for Gestational Diabetes (Fasting Glucose Value)
- Glucose, Blood (Fasting Blood Glucose)
- Glucose, Blood (Random Blood Glucose Test)
- Glycosylated Hemoglobin (HbA1c) Concentration
- Insulin Concentration (Insulin Assay, Serum Insulin)
- Somatotropin Concentration Test
Biological markers/agents
8This visual map shows biological markers/agents reported as increased or decreased with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.
Often increased
4- CortisolReference range exampleAll: 20–100 µg/dL; Adult ( > 16y): 0–650 nmol/LLinked diagnostic testsACTH Stimulation Test (Stimulation With Cosyntropin, Measuring Rise in Cortisol)
- Factor VIII (Antihemophilic Globulin, Percentage of Normal Value)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 55–145 %Linked diagnostic testsCoagulation Factor Assay (Blood Clotting Factors)
- Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 2.2–5.5 %Linked diagnostic testsGlycosylated Hemoglobin (HbA1c) Concentration
- InsulinReference range exampleChild (0 - 16y): 3–15 µIU/mL; Adult ( > 16y): 6–28 µIU/mLLinked diagnostic testsInsulin Concentration (Insulin Assay, Serum Insulin)
Often decreased
4- C-PeptideReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 0.5–2.7 ng/mLLinked diagnostic testsC-Peptide Concentration Test
- GlucagonReference range exampleChild (0 - 16y): 0–147 pg/mL; Adult ( > 16y): 20–110 pg/mLLinked diagnostic testsGlucagon Concentration Test
- Glucose (Blood)Reference range exampleInfant (0 - 1y): 3–6.1 mmol/L; Adult ( > 16y): 0–6.1 mmol/LLinked diagnostic testsfasting Blood Glucose Test, Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT
- Glucose (Cerebrospinal Fluid)Reference range exampleChild (0 - 16y): 65–85 mg/dL; Adult ( > 16y): 50–72 mg/dLLinked diagnostic testsCerebrospinal Fluid Glucose Concentration
Introduction / full article
Hypoglycemia
Summary References
Treatments:
1. http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec12/ch158/ch158f.html?qt=hypoglycemia&alt=sh#sec12-ch158-ch158f-1272