Reactive hypoglycaemia? thyrotoxic? liver disease, was
she symptomatic with this degree of hypoglycaemia? It
could be an exaggerated beta cells response to the
glucose load that can happen in some normal
individuals. The main thing is that she is obviously
not diabetic at the moment.
regards
Mohammad
--- "Wilmot, Rachel" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote: > Any ideas:
> A 61 years old lady with fasting glucose level
> varying between 6.1 and 6.9 undergoing oral GTT for
> further investigation. This has now been performed
> on 2 occaisions. The two hour glucose levels being
> 2.2 and 2.4!
> Doesn't appear to be post GI surgery
> Rachel
> Hull Royal Infirmary
>
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