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Can dehydration cause hypoglycemia

A male asked:
Dr. Stuart Hickerson
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Vomiting: Can be most people get dehydrated because they can not eat or drink.
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Albert Pizzo
Family Medicine 62 years experience
Dehydration: Yes. Dehydration can cause a higher body temperature and also many other symptoms and signs. It is important to always stay well hydrated with pure ... Read More
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A 25-year-old male asked:
Dr. Ki-Hon Lin
Orthopedic Surgery 27 years experience
Possibly: This depends on how much sweating/water loss you experienced during your 30 minutes of exercise, as well as your state of hydration before you started... Read More
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Dr. Jack Rubin
Nephrology and Dialysis 50 years experience
Dehydration?: Exercise can cause dehydration (d) if it was due in a heated area and not enough fluid was taken. If your flight was long, that could also be a cause ... Read More
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Dr. Larry Maturani
Internal Medicine 26 years experience
Possible: The elderly are very susceptible to things like this. However, this is not typical. If this kind of behavior continues, first check their serum gluc... Read More
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A 16-year-old male asked:
Dr. Matt Wachsman
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Internal Medicine 38 years experience
Tricky: cannot say in your particular case, but generally, if there is a lot of volume/salt depletion, the nerves and brain will not work totally well and thi... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Chaitanya Mamillapalli
Internal Medicine 22 years experience
No: You may feel tired and lethargic, but one meal only a day does not cause significant low blood sugars . Though eating one meal a day does not cause l... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Geoffrey Tyson
Pain Management 41 years experience
How was it diagnosed: The incidence of true hypoglycemia in younger people is actually quite small. Was it actually diagnosed by measuring your blood sugar level? If so the... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
Dr. Nicole Bressler
Dr. Nicole Bressleranswered
Emergency Medicine 11 years experience
Not Eating: Hypoglycemia means low blood glucose (sugar). It happens when you have not eaten for awhile or in diabetics who have taken too much insulin. Food give... Read More
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A 45-year-old male asked:
Dr. David Sneid
Endocrinology 43 years experience
Since insulin: Lowers blood sugar, there will always be the potential for hypoglycemia whenever Insulin is administered, even if by a mechanical mechanism such as a ... Read More
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A 38-year-old male asked:
Dr. Hiep Le
Dr. Hiep Leanswered
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
Why do you think you are dehydrated overnight? People do not develop dehydration overnight if they drink enough during the daytime.
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