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    Aug 11, 2018 2 minutes

    NIGHTTIME HYPOGLYCEMIA

    An episode of low blood sugar occurring at night. Nighttime hypoglycemia can cause seizures and may be life-threatening. It may also impair the body’s counterregulatory response to low blood sugar, in which the body releases the hormones glucagon, epinephrine, cortisol and growth hormone to raise blood glucose levels. This sets the stage for hypoglycemia unawareness and more severe episodes of hypoglycemia in the

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