Causes of hypoglycaemia in non-diabetic
Hypoglycaemia may be caused by:
- endocrine disease:
- Addison's disease
- hypopituitarism
- congenital adrenal hyperplasia
- insulinoma
- nesidioblastosis
- insulin or oral hypoglycaemic abuse
- liver and gut disease:
- severe liver failure
- alcohol abuse
- lag storage absorption
- glycogen storage disease
- galactosaemia
- other disorders:
- advanced malignancies:
- fibroma
- sarcoma
- hepatoma
- malaria
- salicylate poisoning
- hypothermia
- Reye's syndrome
- Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
- ketotic hypoglycaemia
- advanced malignancies:
Note that post-prandial hypoglycaemia may occur after gastric surgery (dumping syndrome). Post-prandial hypoglycaemia may also occur in individuals with mild Type II hypoglycaemia.
Related pages
- Addison's disease
- Hypopituitarism
- Glycogen storage diseases
- Hepatic failure (acute)
- Alcoholism
- Lag storage glucose tolerance test profile
- Galactosaemia
- Malaria
- Salicylate poisoning
- Hypothermia
- Reye's syndrome
- Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
- Ketotic hypoglycaemia
- Gierke's disease
- Forbes' disease
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
- Insulinoma
- Nesidioblastosis
- Dumping
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