Title of article
A Rare Case of Hypoglycemic Unawareness in a Patient With Chronic Congestive Heart Failure
Author/Authors
Yaseen, Yawar Directorate of Health Services - Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India , Shah, Parvaiz Ahmad Department of Medicine - Government Medical College - Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India , Mir, Irfan Government Medical College - Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India , Amreen, Saika Department of Radio Diagnosis - Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences - Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Pages
3
From page
20
To page
22
Abstract
Hypoglycemia and hypoglycemic unawareness is usually a complication of tight glycemic control in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of hypoglycemic unawareness subsequent to cardiac failure induced hypoglycemia of prolonged duration. Through this case report, we aimed to highlight that hypoglycemia should be suspected as a cause of decreased level of consciousness in patients suffering from recurrent congestive cardiac failure , as it can be easily overlooked and the condition can easily be reversed by simply administering adequate glucose.
Keywords
Hypoglycaemia , Hypoglycemic unawareness , Congestive heart failure
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Record number
2478129
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