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What causes people with diabetes to sweat profusely when they have a low blood sugar?
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Hypoglycemia: It is one of the symptoms of low blood sugar.Others are headache, shakes, irritability, confusion.
Answered 11/14/2012
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'adrenaline': Brain uses only sugar for energy; if it perceives a low blood sugar it tells the body to produce multiple chemicals , whose effects are to increase sugar level in blood. This includes epineprine/ catecholamines, which is commonly known as 'adrenaline'- side effect of it is to make heart beat fast and cause sweatyness, jittery, nervousness sensations.
Answered 8/12/2013
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