Hypoglycaemic encephalopathy

Cortical laminar necrosis due to hypoglycaemic encephalopathy:-images in medicine.

To cite: Rajasekharan C, Jithesh B, Renjith SW. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2012007726 DESCRIPTION A 74-year-old man was brought to emergency services when he was found lying unresponsive in his room. Nearest of the kin reported that his clothes were drenched with sweat and that he was a regular alcohol user who had consumed in excess the previ...

Hypoglycaemic coma with chlorpropamide.

MILD hypoglycaemic reactions are well recognized as a complication of chlorpropamide therapy, and have been estimated as occurring in 7% of all cases (Stowers & Bewsher, 1962). Severe hypoglycaemic coma due to this drug seems, however, to have been infrequently recognized, and we have been able to find only four isolated reports of this condition in the literature (Coates & Robbins, 1959; Bloch...

Exercise induced hypoglycaemic hyperinsulinism.

BACKGROUND Hyperinsulinism in childhood is often caused by genetic defects involving the regulation of insulin secretion leading to recurrent episodes of hypoglycaemia. We report two patients with exercise induced hypoglycaemia. METHODS Standardised short exercise tests with frequent blood glucose and plasma insulin measurements were performed in the patients and young healthy controls. RES...

Oral hypoglycaemic drugs.

DIABETES mellitus is a chronic disease which derives its name from the fact that the urine is plentiful and sweet-tasting. About 1-2 per cent of the adult population of the United Kingdom suffer from the condition which develops either when the production of insulin (the internal secretion of the pancreas) is inadequate or, alternatively, when the action of insulin on the tissues is antagonized...

Ability to detect hypoglycaemic symptoms.