This site is intended for healthcare professionals

Go to /sign-in page

You can view 5 more pages before signing in

Go to /pro/cpd-dashboard page

This page is worth 0.05 CPD credits. CPD dashboard

Go to /account/subscription-details page

This page is worth 0.05 CPD credits. Upgrade to Pro

Causes of hypoglycaemia in non-diabetic

Last reviewed dd mmm yyyy. Last edited dd mmm yyyy

Authoring team

Hypoglycaemia may be caused by:

  • endocrine disease:
    • Addison's disease
    • hypopituitarism
    • congenital adrenal hyperplasia
    • insulinoma
    • nesidioblastosis
    • insulin or oral hypoglycaemic abuse

  • liver and gut disease:
    • severe liver failure
    • alcohol abuse
    • lag storage absorption
    • glycogen storage disease
    • galactosaemia

  • other disorders:
    • advanced malignancies:
      • fibroma
      • sarcoma
      • hepatoma
    • malaria
    • salicylate poisoning
    • hypothermia
    • Reye's syndrome
    • Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
    • ketotic hypoglycaemia

Note that post-prandial hypoglycaemia may occur after gastric surgery (dumping syndrome). Post-prandial hypoglycaemia may also occur in individuals with mild Type II hypoglycaemia.


Related pages

Create an account to add page annotations

Annotations allow you to add information to this page that would be handy to have on hand during a consultation. E.g. a website or number. This information will always show when you visit this page.