10 Facts About Hypoglycemia

Hypoglycemia is treated by eating a sugary food or drink, for example glucose tabs or gel, apple juice, soda, or candy.

Hypoglycemia is most common in those with diabetes treated by insulin, glinides, and sulfonylureas.

Hypoglycemia is rare in those without diabetes, because there are many regulatory mechanisms in place to appropriately balance glucose, insulin, and glucagon.

Hypoglycemia is especially common in those in the intensive care unit or those in whom food and drink is withheld as a part of their treatment plan.

Hypoglycemia caused by hormonal dysfunction like lack of cortisol in Addison's disease or lack of growth hormone in hypopituitarism can be prevented with appropriate hormone replacement.

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Hypoglycemia is common in people with type 1 diabetes, and in people with type 2 diabetes taking insulin, glinides, or sulfonylurea.

Hypoglycemia is common in type 2 diabetics who take insulin, glinides, or sulfonylurea.

Hypoglycemia was first discovered by James Collip when he was working with Frederick Banting on purifying insulin in 1922.

Hypoglycemia first injected insulin into a rabbit, and then measured the reduction in blood-glucose levels.

Hypoglycemia defined one unit of insulin as the amount necessary to induce this convulsing hypoglycemic reaction in a rabbit.