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== Causes of hypoglycemia ==
== Causes of hypoglycemia ==
=== Hypoglycemia in Newborn Infants ===
=== Hypoglycemia in Newborn Infants ===
*Transient neonatal hypoglycemia: blood glucose level in healthy newborns falls due to loss of the mothers' glucose supply that passes the placenta.<ref name="pmid25819173">{{cite journal| author=Stanley CA, Rozance PJ, Thornton PS, De Leon DD, Harris D, Haymond MW et al.| title=Re-evaluating "transitional neonatal hypoglycemia": mechanism and implications for management. | journal=J Pediatr | year= 2015 | volume= 166 | issue= 6 | pages= 1520-5.e1 | pmid=25819173 | doi=10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.02.045 | pmc=4659381 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25819173  }}</ref>Plasma glucose level is corrected by glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis.<ref name="pmid10202173">{{cite journal| author=Stanley CA, Baker L| title=The causes of neonatal hypoglycemia. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 1999 | volume= 340 | issue= 15 | pages= 1200-1 | pmid=10202173 | doi=10.1056/NEJM199904153401510 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10202173  }}</ref>
*Transient neonatal hypoglycemia:
**Blood glucose level in healthy newborns falls due to loss of the mothers' glucose supply that passes the placenta.<ref name="pmid25819173">{{cite journal| author=Stanley CA, Rozance PJ, Thornton PS, De Leon DD, Harris D, Haymond MW et al.| title=Re-evaluating "transitional neonatal hypoglycemia": mechanism and implications for management. | journal=J Pediatr | year= 2015 | volume= 166 | issue= 6 | pages= 1520-5.e1 | pmid=25819173 | doi=10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.02.045 | pmc=4659381 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25819173  }}</ref>Plasma glucose level is corrected by glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis.<ref name="pmid10202173">{{cite journal| author=Stanley CA, Baker L| title=The causes of neonatal hypoglycemia. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 1999 | volume= 340 | issue= 15 | pages= 1200-1 | pmid=10202173 | doi=10.1056/NEJM199904153401510 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10202173  }}</ref>


* [[Prematurity]], [[intrauterine growth retardation]] and [[perinatal asphyxia]]
* [[Prematurity]]
* [[intrauterine growth retardation]]
* [[perinatal asphyxia]]
* Maternal hyperglycemia due to [[diabetes]] or iatrogenic glucose administration
* Maternal hyperglycemia due to [[diabetes]] or iatrogenic glucose administration
* [[Sepsis]]
* [[Sepsis]]
* Congenital [[Hypopituitarism|hypopituitarism:]] cortisol and growth hormone regulate glucose level.
* Congenital [[Hypopituitarism|hypopituitarism:]]
* Maternal treatment with beta-sympathomimetics, which interrupts [[glycogenolysis]] by blocking [[Epinephrine|epinephrine']]<nowiki/>s effect.<ref name="pmid27577580">{{cite journal| author=Bateman BT, Patorno E, Desai RJ, Seely EW, Mogun H, Maeda A et al.| title=Late Pregnancy β Blocker Exposure and Risks of Neonatal Hypoglycemia and Bradycardia. | journal=Pediatrics | year= 2016 | volume= 138 | issue= 3 | pages=  | pmid=27577580 | doi=10.1542/peds.2016-0731 | pmc=5005024 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27577580  }}</ref>
** Cortisol and growth hormone regulate glucose level
* Maternal treatment with beta-sympathomimetics
** Interrupts [[glycogenolysis]] by blocking [[Epinephrine|epinephrine']]<nowiki/>s effect.<ref name="pmid27577580">{{cite journal| author=Bateman BT, Patorno E, Desai RJ, Seely EW, Mogun H, Maeda A et al.| title=Late Pregnancy β Blocker Exposure and Risks of Neonatal Hypoglycemia and Bradycardia. | journal=Pediatrics | year= 2016 | volume= 138 | issue= 3 | pages=  | pmid=27577580 | doi=10.1542/peds.2016-0731 | pmc=5005024 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27577580  }}</ref>
* Hypothermic infants who have diminished the availability of glucose and increased rates of glucose utilization.
* Hypothermic infants who have diminished the availability of glucose and increased rates of glucose utilization.
* Severe [[hepatic]] dysfunction leads to impairment of both [[glycogenolysis]] and [[gluconeogenesis]].
* Severe [[hepatic]] dysfunction
** Leads to impairment of both [[glycogenolysis]] and [[gluconeogenesis]].
*[[Congenital hyperinsulinism]]:<ref name="pmid23739646">{{cite journal| author=Buraczewska B, Kopacz K, Myśliwiec M| title=Hyperinsulinism as a common cause of hypoglycemia in children - pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment. | journal=Pediatr Endocrinol Diabetes Metab | year= 2013 | volume= 19 | issue= 1 | pages= 24-8 | pmid=23739646 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23739646  }}</ref>
*[[Congenital hyperinsulinism]]:<ref name="pmid23739646">{{cite journal| author=Buraczewska B, Kopacz K, Myśliwiec M| title=Hyperinsulinism as a common cause of hypoglycemia in children - pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment. | journal=Pediatr Endocrinol Diabetes Metab | year= 2013 | volume= 19 | issue= 1 | pages= 24-8 | pmid=23739646 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23739646  }}</ref>
**[[Infant of diabetic mother (patient information)|Infant of a diabetic mothe]]<nowiki/>r is the most common cause of hypoglycemia due to [[hyperinsulinism]]. Prolonged intrapartum [[hyperglycemia]] in [[fetus]] leads to hypertrophied and hyperfunctioning [[beta cells]] causing [[hyperinsulinism]]. It is transient and resolves two days after birth.  
**[[Infant of diabetic mother (patient information)|Infant of a diabetic mothe]]<nowiki/>r is the most common cause of hypoglycemia due to [[hyperinsulinism]]. Prolonged intrapartum [[hyperglycemia]] in [[fetus]] leads to hypertrophied and hyperfunctioning [[beta cells]] causing [[hyperinsulinism]]. It is transient and resolves two days after birth.  
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* Drugs: they are the most common cause of hypoglycemia.<ref name="pmid19088155">{{cite journal| author=Cryer PE, Axelrod L, Grossman AB, Heller SR, Montori VM, Seaquist ER et al.| title=Evaluation and management of adult hypoglycemic disorders: an Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline. | journal=J Clin Endocrinol Metab | year= 2009 | volume= 94 | issue= 3 | pages= 709-28 | pmid=19088155 | doi=10.1210/jc.2008-1410 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19088155  }}</ref>
* Drugs: they are the most common cause of hypoglycemia.<ref name="pmid19088155">{{cite journal| author=Cryer PE, Axelrod L, Grossman AB, Heller SR, Montori VM, Seaquist ER et al.| title=Evaluation and management of adult hypoglycemic disorders: an Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline. | journal=J Clin Endocrinol Metab | year= 2009 | volume= 94 | issue= 3 | pages= 709-28 | pmid=19088155 | doi=10.1210/jc.2008-1410 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19088155  }}</ref>
**[[Insulin]] or insulin secretagogue such as [[sulfonylurea]] and glyburide are the most common drugs induce hypoglycemia due to longer duration of action.<ref name="pmid16324923">{{cite journal| author=Szoke E, Gosmanov NR, Sinkin JC, Nihalani A, Fender AB, Cryer PE et al.| title=Effects of glimepiride and glyburide on glucose counterregulation and recovery from hypoglycemia. | journal=Metabolism | year= 2006 | volume= 55 | issue= 1 | pages= 78-83 | pmid=16324923 | doi=10.1016/j.metabol.2005.07.009 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16324923  }}</ref>They suppress hepatic [[glucose]] production and stimulate glucose utilization causing hypoglycemia.
**[[Insulin]] or insulin secretagogue such as [[sulfonylurea]] and glyburide are the most common drugs induce hypoglycemia due to longer duration of action.<ref name="pmid16324923">{{cite journal| author=Szoke E, Gosmanov NR, Sinkin JC, Nihalani A, Fender AB, Cryer PE et al.| title=Effects of glimepiride and glyburide on glucose counterregulation and recovery from hypoglycemia. | journal=Metabolism | year= 2006 | volume= 55 | issue= 1 | pages= 78-83 | pmid=16324923 | doi=10.1016/j.metabol.2005.07.009 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16324923  }}</ref>They suppress hepatic [[glucose]] production and stimulate glucose utilization causing hypoglycemia.
**Other drugs in nondiabetic patients: quinolones, pentamidine, quinine, beta blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, and [[Insulin-like growth factor-I|IGF-1]] especially in older patients with underlying renal or hepatic dysfunctions.<ref name="pmid25179404">{{cite journal| author=Parekh TM, Raji M, Lin YL, Tan A, Kuo YF, Goodwin JS| title=Hypoglycemia after antimicrobial drug prescription for older patients using sulfonylureas. | journal=JAMA Intern Med | year= 2014 | volume= 174 | issue= 10 | pages= 1605-12 | pmid=25179404 | doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.3293 | pmc=4878670 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25179404  }}  [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25686188 Review in: Ann Intern Med. 2015 Feb 17;162(4):JC13]</ref>
**Quinolones
**[[Alcohol]]: due to hepatic glycogen depletion in fasting patients. Alcohol can induce hypoglycemia alone or associated with other hypoglycemic drugs.
**Pentamidine
* Critical illnesses: [[hepatic]], [[renal]], or [[Congestive heart failure|cardiac failure]], sepsis. It occurs due to impaired liver [[gluconeogenesis]]. [[Sepsis]] induced [[cytokines]] secretion cause suppression of [[gluconeogenesis]].<ref name="pmid10807013">{{cite journal| author=Maitra SR, Wojnar MM, Lang CH| title=Alterations in tissue glucose uptake during the hyperglycemic and hypoglycemic phases of sepsis. | journal=Shock | year= 2000 | volume= 13 | issue= 5 | pages= 379-85 | pmid=10807013 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10807013  }}</ref>
**Quinine
**Beta blockers
**Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors
**[[Insulin-like growth factor-I|IGF-1]]  
***Especially in older patients with underlying renal or hepatic dysfunctions.<ref name="pmid25179404">{{cite journal| author=Parekh TM, Raji M, Lin YL, Tan A, Kuo YF, Goodwin JS| title=Hypoglycemia after antimicrobial drug prescription for older patients using sulfonylureas. | journal=JAMA Intern Med | year= 2014 | volume= 174 | issue= 10 | pages= 1605-12 | pmid=25179404 | doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.3293 | pmc=4878670 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25179404  }}  [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25686188 Review in: Ann Intern Med. 2015 Feb 17;162(4):JC13]</ref>
**[[Alcohol]]
***Due to hepatic glycogen depletion in fasting patients
***Alcohol can induce hypoglycemia alone or associated with other hypoglycemic drugs
* Critical illnesses:
** [[Hepatic failure]]
** [[Renal failure]]
** [[Congestive heart failure|Cardiac failure]]  
** [[Sepsis]]
*** It occurs due to impaired liver [[gluconeogenesis]]
*** [[Sepsis]] induced [[cytokines]] secretion cause suppression of [[gluconeogenesis]].<ref name="pmid10807013">{{cite journal| author=Maitra SR, Wojnar MM, Lang CH| title=Alterations in tissue glucose uptake during the hyperglycemic and hypoglycemic phases of sepsis. | journal=Shock | year= 2000 | volume= 13 | issue= 5 | pages= 379-85 | pmid=10807013 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10807013  }}</ref>
* Hormone deficiency: cortisol in acquired [[adrenal insufficiency|adrenal insufficiency or]] acquired [[hypopituitarism]]<ref name="pmid26563979">{{cite journal| author=Odenwald B, Nennstiel-Ratzel U, Dörr HG, Schmidt H, Wildner M, Bonfig W| title=Children with classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia experience salt loss and hypoglycemia: evaluation of adrenal crises during the first 6 years of life. | journal=Eur J Endocrinol | year= 2016 | volume= 174 | issue= 2 | pages= 177-86 | pmid=26563979 | doi=10.1530/EJE-15-0775 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=26563979  }}</ref>
* Hormone deficiency: cortisol in acquired [[adrenal insufficiency|adrenal insufficiency or]] acquired [[hypopituitarism]]<ref name="pmid26563979">{{cite journal| author=Odenwald B, Nennstiel-Ratzel U, Dörr HG, Schmidt H, Wildner M, Bonfig W| title=Children with classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia experience salt loss and hypoglycemia: evaluation of adrenal crises during the first 6 years of life. | journal=Eur J Endocrinol | year= 2016 | volume= 174 | issue= 2 | pages= 177-86 | pmid=26563979 | doi=10.1530/EJE-15-0775 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=26563979  }}</ref>
* Nonislet cell tumor: Hypoglycemia usually occurs as a result of tumor production of [[Insulin-like growth factor 2|IGF-2]]
* Nonislet cell tumor: Hypoglycemia usually occurs as a result of tumor production of [[Insulin-like growth factor 2|IGF-2]]

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Overview

Causes of hypoglycemia depend on age; neonatal causes are transient neonatal hypoglycemia, Prematurity, intrauterine growth retardation, perinatal asphyxia., sepsis, congenital hypopituitarism, beta sympathomimetic drugs, congenital hyperinsulinism, infant of a diabetic mother, Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome and inborn errors of carbohydrate metabolism. Cause of adult hypoglycemia are: insulin or insulin secretagogue drugs, alcohol, hepatic, renal, or cardiac failure, sepsis, non-islet cell pancreatic tumors, insulinoma, reactive hypoglycemia, post gastric bypass hypoglycemia, autoimmune hypoglycemia.

Causes of hypoglycemia

Hypoglycemia in Newborn Infants

  • Transient neonatal hypoglycemia:
    • Blood glucose level in healthy newborns falls due to loss of the mothers' glucose supply that passes the placenta.[1]Plasma glucose level is corrected by glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis.[2]

Hypoglycemia in Older Adults

References

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  2. Stanley CA, Baker L (1999). "The causes of neonatal hypoglycemia". N Engl J Med. 340 (15): 1200–1. doi:10.1056/NEJM199904153401510. PMID 10202173.
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