Volume : IX, Issue : VII, July - 2020

Hypoglycemia presenting as acute hemiparesis: a rare case report

Dr Kanika Chauhan, Dr Aashutosh Sharma

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Hypoglycaemia is a potentially dangerous condition, whereby blood glucose falls to abnormally low level. If left untreated, it may lead to various grave sequelae and even death. Apart from starvation, sepsis, liver diseases, hypoglycaemia is encountered in patients of diabetes mellitus and most of the times it is iatrogenic. Confusion, palpitations, sweating, headache, irritability, restlessness, dizziness and increased or decreased heart rate and loss of consciousness can be commonly encountered in hypoglycaemia but hemiparesis (mimicking stroke) is relatively rare. We present a case of an elderly diabetic female developing sudden onset hemiparesis and slurring of speech secondary to hypoglycaemia. There was a dramatic improvement in all her signs and symptoms within minutes of administering 25% intravenous dextrose.

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HYPOGLYCEMIA PRESENTING AS ACUTE HEMIPARESIS: A RARE CASE REPORT, Dr Kanika Chauhan, Dr Aashutosh Sharma GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-9 | Issue-7 | July-2020

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