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UK
/hˌaɪpəʊɡlaɪkˈiːmiə/
]
NOUN
- abnormally low blood sugar usually resulting from excessive insulin or a poor diet
How To Use hypoglycaemia In A Sentence
- Hypoglycaemia - low blood sugar - was three times as common among near-term babies compared with full-term.
- Other causes of hypoglycaemia should be excluded; serum and urine samples must be taken at the time of hypoglycaemia for relevant investigations, in particular to exclude hyperinsulinaemia and inborn errors of metabolism.
- Avoid all artificial sweeteners found in diet drinks and some diabetic foods as these are toxic to the liver and can cause hypoglycaemia and fatigue.
- A dose of dextrose is a potent stimulus for additional release of insulin and often results in rebound hypoglycaemia that can be recurrent and prolonged.
- The clinical characteristics of acetonaemia are hypoglycaemia, depressed appetite, with high levels of serum fatty acids and ketones.
- Dogs may have been under suspicion in these studies, but three cases show dogs in a good light as they detect their diabetic owners' hypoglycaemia.
- They can get hypothermia in the cold weather, or even hypoglycaemia. Times, Sunday Times
- The products he allegedly doctored triggered hypoglycaemia, in which blood sugar falls dangerously low. The Sun
- At the clinic she was given injectable quinine, diazepam for the convulsions and intravenous dextrose for hypoglycaemia. Times, Sunday Times
- Ackees contain hypoglycin, which prevents the body synthesising glucose, causing acute hypoglycaemia and exaggerating the effects and dangers of malnutrition. Times, Sunday Times