Alcohol-related hypoglycemia in rural Uganda: socioeconomic and physiologic contrasts

Alcohol-related hypoglycemia in rural Uganda: socioeconomic and physiologic contrasts

Hypoglycemia is a rare but important complication seen in patients who present with alcohol intoxication. In a study by Marks and Teale, less than one percent of people with alcohol intoxication who presented to an American emergency department were hypoglycemic [1]. It is even more rare to see an intoxicated patient, who had been eating appropriately prior to or during the intoxication, presen...

Socioeconomic deprivation, urban-rural location and alcohol-related mortality in England and Wales

BACKGROUND Many causes of death are directly attributable to the toxic effects of alcohol and deaths from these causes are increasing in the United Kingdom. The aim of this study was to investigate variation in alcohol-related mortality in relation to socioeconomic deprivation, urban-rural location and age within a national context. METHODS An ecological study design was used with data from 8...

Alcohol consumption, alcohol-related problems, problem drinking, and socioeconomic status.

In general, a lower socioeconomic status (SES) is related to a lower health status, more health problems, and a shorter life expectancy. Although causal relations between SES and health are unclear, lifestyle factors play an intermediate role. The purpose of the present study was to obtain more insight into the relation between SES, alcohol consumption, alcohol-related problems, and problem dri...

Hypoglycemia and alcohol

Hypoglycemia and alcohol