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Low Blood Sugar – Causes, Signs and Symptoms

Diseases and Conditions

Low blood sugar in non-diabetic patients.

There are two types of non-diabetic hypoglycemia:

  • Reactive hypoglycemia, which happens a few hours after the meal. It happens if your pancreas produces too much insulin, or in prediabetes;
  • Fasting hypoglycemia, which might develop in the following conditions:
    • Taking medicine, such as aspirin and sulfa drugs;
    • Excessive alcohol intake;
    • Diseases of the liver, kidney and pancreas;
    • Low levels of hormones;
    • Certain tumors. [5]

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Sources:

[1] https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hypoglycemia/symptoms-causes/syc-20373685

[2] https://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes_care/blood-sugar-level-ranges.html

[3] American Diabetes Association. 6. Glycemic targets: standards of medical care in diabetes—2021. Diabetes Care. 2021;44(suppl 1):S73–S84. doi: 10.2337/dc21-S006

[4] Khunti K, Alsifri S, Aronson R, et al. Rates and predictors of hypoglycaemia in 27,585 people from 24 countries with insulin-treated type 1 and type 2 diabetes: the global HAT study. Diabetes, Obesity, & Metabolism. 2016;18(9):907–915. doi: 10.1111/dom.12689

[5] https://www.webmd.com/diabetes/hypoglycemia-overview

[6] https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/low-blood-sugar-hypoglycaemia/

[7] American Diabetes Association. 12. Older adults: standards of medical care in diabetes—2021. Diabetes Care. 2021;44(suppl 1):S168–S179. doi: 10.2337/dc21-S012

[8] https://www.diabetes.org/healthy-living/medication-treatments/blood-glucose-testing-and-control/hypoglycemia

[9] https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/low-blood-sugar.html