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What's Hypoglycemia?

This site is about non-diabetic hypoglycemia, also called low-blood sugar. Hypoglycemia is a chronic metabolism disorder. It's not a disease, it's a multicausal syndrom with a variety of symptoms. Symptoms do not only show wide variation between inviduals, but can also be very different with one individual, depending on a.o. physical or mental activities and state, the hour of the day and recent food intake. Check out the general section of the FAQs for a list of symptoms.

Though hypoglycemia is not lethal, the symptoms can have an ill effect on the social, professional and emotional life of those who suffer from it. There's no cure for hypoglycemia yet. With most hypoglycemics, however, symptoms can be succesfully suppressed or controlled by following a special diet. A number of different diets has been proposed for hypoglycemia. Everyone is different, therefore, you should focus on the things that work for you! Check out the diet section of the FAQs.

Several types of chronic hypoglycemia exist, reactive hypoglycemia and fasting hypoglycemia being the most common. When searching for information, please note that the following synonyms may be used in literature to denote the syndrom: postprandial hypoglycemia, postprandial syndrome, idiopathic reactive hypoglycemia, functional hypoglycemia, spontaneous hypoglycemia.

There is a number of diseases or conditions that produce that same symptoms as hypoglycemia. Also, there could be an underlying problem triggering your hypoglycemia. Therefore you should always consult your physician first. Some of these other diseases or conditions are potentially life threatening.

To your health!