Diabetic hypoglycemia

Diabetic hypoglycemia
Diabetic hypoglycemia
Other names	Insulin reaction, Insulin shock
Specialty	Endocrinology

Diabetic hypoglycemia is a low blood glucose level occurring in a person with diabetes mellitus. It is one of the most common types of hypoglycemia seen in emergency departments and hospitals. According to the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-All Injury Program (NEISS-AIP), and based on a sample examined between 2004 and 2005, an estimated 55,819 cases (8.0% of total admissions) involved insulin, and severe hypoglycemia is likely the single most common event.^[1]

In general, hypoglycemia occurs when a treatment to lower the elevated blood glucose of diabetes inaccurately matches the body's physiological need, and therefore causes the glucose to fall to a below-normal level.

^ Budnitz DS, Pollock DA, Weidenbach KN, Mendelsohn AB, Schroeder TJ, Annest JL (October 2006). "National surveillance of emergency department visits for outpatient adverse drug events". JAMA. 296 (15): 1858–66. doi:10.1001/jama.296.15.1858. PMID 17047216.

[1] Budnitz DS, Pollock DA, Weidenbach KN, Mendelsohn AB, Schroeder TJ, Annest JL (October 2006). "National surveillance of emergency department visits for outpatient adverse drug events". JAMA. 296 (15): 1858–66. doi:10.1001/jama.296.15.1858. PMID 17047216.

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