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hypoglycemia — hypoglycemic, adj. /huy poh gluy see mee euh/, n. Pathol. an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood. [1890 95; HYPO + GLYC + EMIA] * * * Below normal levels of blood glucose, quickly reversed by administration of oral or intravenous glucose … Universalium
Fasting — is primarily the act of willingly abstaining from some or all food, drink, or both, for a period of time. An absolute fast is normally defined as abstinence from all food and liquid for a defined period, usually a single day (24 hours), or… … Wikipedia
Hypoglycemia — For information about the popular condition that does not involve measured low glucose, see hypoglycemia (common usage). Hypoglycemia Classification and external resources Glucose meter ICD 10 … Wikipedia
hypoglycemia — 1. Symptoms resulting from low blood glucose (normal glucose range 60–100 mg/dL (3.3 to 5.6 mmol/L)) which are either autonomic or neuroglycopenic. Autonomic symptoms include sweating, trembling, feelings of warmth, anxiety, and nausea.… … Medical dictionary
neonatal hypoglycemia — 1. fasting hypoglycemia in a neonate; those most at risk have diabetic mothers or are premature or small for gestational age. Leucine induced hypoglycemia is a type that is hereditary. 2. hypoglycemia during the first week of life of piglets, a… … Medical dictionary
mixed hypoglycemia — hypoglycemia occurring both during the fasting state and following the ingestion of carbohydrate; it occurs in hypoglycemia of infancy, anterior pituitary and adrenocortical insufficiency, and insulin secreting tumors of the islet cells of the… … Medical dictionary
Ketotic hypoglycemia — is a medical term used in two ways: (1) broadly, to refer to any circumstance in which low blood glucose is accompanied by ketosis, and (2) in a much more restrictive way to refer to recurrent episodes of hypoglycemic symptoms with ketosis and,… … Wikipedia
Diabetic hypoglycemia — Classification and external resources ICD 9 250.8 Diabetic hypoglycemia is a … Wikipedia
List of causes of hypoglycemia — This is a list of causes of hypoglycemia. Despite its length, it is not necessarily exhaustive, as new causes are reported regularly in the medical literature. In many individual instances of hypoglycemia, more than one contributing factor may be … Wikipedia
Glycogen storage disease type I — DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = Glycogen storage disease type I ICD10 = ICD10|E|74|0|e|70 ICD9 = ICD9|271.0 ICDO = Caption = OMIM = 232200 MedlinePlus = 000338 eMedicineSubj = ped eMedicineTopic = 2416 DiseasesDB = 5284 Glycogen storage disease… … Wikipedia
