2023-05-29 12:34:00
The blood sugar is the concentration of sugar (glucose) in the blood. We speak of hypoglycaemia when the blood sugar level is below 0.5 g/L of blood, but symptoms can already occur for blood sugar levels below 0.65 g/L. “To confirm hypoglycaemia, we will ask for a blood glucose level on venous blood in the laboratory, using a blood test, specifies Dr. Thomas Cuny straight away. Although suggestive, capillary or interstitial blood glucose levels measured at using a self-monitoring device (note, a blood glucose meter) does not, in fact, constitute absolute proof of the diagnosis of hypoglycemia.
Apart from diabetic patients in whom it is an inherent complication of treatment, hypoglycemia Without known diabetes is rare and requires, once it is suspected, to be investigated. “Making the diagnosis of hypoglycemia in a non-diabetic subject at time T is not so simple due to counter-regulatory mechanisms that cause blood sugar to rise in the blood, explains the endocrinologist. balance is constantly taking place between the so-called hyperglycemic hormones (glucagon, growth hormone, adrenaline or cortisol) and the hypoglycemic hormones, the leader of which is insulin.When there is an imbalance in favor of the hypoglycemic hormones, we can have hypoglycaemia that is poorly or insufficiently controlled by these so-called counter-regulatory hormones.”
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