Low Blood Sugar (Hypoglycemia) (cont.)
IN THIS ARTICLE
- Hypoglycemia Overview
- Hypoglycemia Causes
- Hypoglycemia Symptoms
- When to Seek Medical Care
- Questions to Ask the Doctor
- Exams and Tests
- Hypoglycemia Treatment
- Self-Care at Home
- Medical Treatment
- Medications
- Surgery
- Next Steps
- Follow-up
- Prevention
- Synonyms and Keywords
- Authors and Editors
- Viewer Comments: Hypoglycemia - Effective Treatments
Authors and Editors
Author: Robert Ferry Jr., MD
Editor: Melissa Conrad Stoppler, MD
Previous contributing authors and editors:
Author: Usha Sriram, MBBS,
Consulting Staff, Department of Endocrinology, Rush Medical College.
Coauthor(s):
Usamah Mossallam, MD, Senior Consulting Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital.
Editors: Arthur B
Chausmer, MD, PhD, FACP, FACE, FACN, CNS, Affiliate Research Professor,
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Program, School of Computational
Sciences; Principal, C/A Informatics, LLC; Mary L Windle, Pharm D, Adjunct
Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy;
Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine.com, Inc; George T Griffing, MD, Director, Division
of General Internal Medicine, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, St Louis University.
Last Editorial Review: 2/6/2009
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Hypoglycemia is a syndrome characterized by a reduction in plasma glucose concentration to a level that may induce symptoms of low blood sugar.
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