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Hypoglycemia in Elderly Type 2 Diabetes Patients
| Paweł Piątkiewicz* | |
| Department of Internal Medicine, Diabetology and Endocrinology, Warsaw Medical University, Poland | |
| *Corresponding Author : | Paweł Piątkiewicz Department of Internal Medicine, Diabetology and Endocrinology Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland Tel: +48 22 326 58 17 E-mail: piatkiewicz@op.pl |
| Received: April 2, 2016 Accepted: April 4, 2016 Published: April 11, 2016 | |
| Citation: Piatkiewicz P (2016) Hypoglycemia in Elderly Type 2 Diabetes Patients. J Clin Diabetes Pract 1:e101. | |
| Copyright: © 2016 Piątkiewicz P. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
Hypoglycemia is a condition of reduced blood glucose level below 70 mg/dl (3.9 mmol/l). Hypoglycemic coma is a medical emergency which usually associated with glycemia around 20 mg/dl (1.1 mmol/l). Prolonged severe hypoglycemia may result in permanent neurological disorders. Hypoglycemia also has a negative impact on the cardiovascular system. Severe hypoglycemia may induce ventricular arrhythmias. Severe hypoglycemia requiring hospitalization in patients with type 2 diabetes occurred mostly in elderly. Low hemoglobin HbA1c level indicates inappropriate intensification of therapy as a main cause of severe hypoglycemia in elderly patients.
