hypoglycemia
Let an agent explain hypoglycaemia in general terms, relay recognition and first-aid guidance from health authorities, route emergencies to emergency services immediately, and route personal treatment and medication questions to clinicians.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain hypoglycaemia in general terms, relay recognition and first-aid guidance from health authorities, route emergencies to emergency services immediately, and route personal treatment and medication questions to clinicians.
An abnormally low level of glucose in the blood, most often in people with diabetes treated with insulin or certain tablets, and less often from other causes such as fasting, alcohol, medicines, hormone deficiencies or insulin-producing tumours; it causes sweating, shaking, confusion and, if severe, seizures or loss of consciousness, and is treated urgently with glucose.
What it is for: Not applicable; a medical condition.
It can be explain causes and symptoms in general terms; relay recognition and first-aid guidance from authorities; route emergencies immediately; route personal medication questions to clinicians.
Distinguishing features
Low blood glucose
Mostly a complication of diabetes treatment
Rapid onset and rapid reversal with glucose
Emergency when severe
What it looks like
Not visible as an object; sweating, pallor, shaking, confusion or drowsiness in the affected person.
Physical character
threshold: below about 3.9 mmol per litre - about 70 mg per dL; definitions vary by guideline
severe level: below about 3.0 mmol per litre - clinically significant
How it is recognised
Low blood glucose measured by a meter
Rapid onset of sweating, shaking and confusion
Hyperglycaemia and fainting from other causes are different conditions
Related models
is a kind of - a metabolic state
is a complication of - the main context
is the opposite of - high blood glucose
is treated by - the immediate treatment
In practice
Families and kinds
hypoglycaemia in treated diabetes
reactive hypoglycaemia after meals
fasting hypoglycaemia
congenital hyperinsulinism and other rare causes
neonatal hypoglycaemia
hypoglycaemia unawareness
Identifiers
ICD-10 E16.0-E16.2
ICD-11 5A41
Standards and regulation
Diabetes clinical guidelines on prevention and treatment
First aid guidance from health authorities
Driving rules for people at risk of hypoglycaemia in many countries
Failure modes and hazards
Seizures, coma and death if untreated
Accidents while driving or operating machinery
Unawareness after repeated episodes
Agents giving personal medication advice
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.hypoglycemia
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Recognise Recognising hypoglycaemia.
Emergency first.
Signs
Symptoms and measurement.
Signs
Signs.
- What are the symptoms, and what glucose levels define hypoglycaemia in guidelines? definition
- Is someone unconscious or having a seizure now, which needs emergency services immediately? boundary
Causes
Causes.
Causes
Causes.
- What causes hypoglycaemia in and outside diabetes? definition
- Which entry fits diabetes? action
Respond First aid and treatment.
Care.
First aid
Immediate response.
Firstaid
Firstaid.
- What do health authorities advise a bystander to do, including when to call emergency services? provenance
- Is the presentation limited to official first aid guidance? boundary
Treatment
Clinical treatment.
Treatment
Treatment.
- How is hypoglycaemia treated and investigated clinically, in general terms? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own medication, which needs a clinician? boundary
Prevent Prevention and living.
Prevention.
Prevention
Prevention in diabetes.
Prevention
Prevention.
- What prevention measures do diabetes guidelines describe, in general terms? provenance
- Which entry fits diabetes management? action
Rules
Driving and work.
Rules
Rules.
- What rules apply to driving and safety-critical work for people at risk? provenance
- Which entry fits driving regulations? action
Study Research and teaching.
Study.
Research
Research.
Research
Research.
- What research exists on prevention, technology and rare causes, with attribution? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How is hypoglycaemia taught to patients, carers and health workers? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should neonatal hypoglycaemia be a separate entry?
- How should first aid guidance be linked by country?
- The registry entry has merged aliases for rare genetic conditions; should they be split off?