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What are some signs and symptoms of hypoglycaemia and what hormones increase in the body when that occurs?

Author: Ayla Garber



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• Autonomic activity in response to low plasma glucose causes hunger, sweating, nausea, warmth, anxiety, tremor • Low glucose supply to the brain causes headache, blurred or double vision, confusion, difficulty speaking, seizures, and coma Glucogen and adrenaline increase (bodies first line of defence), Cortisol (stress hormone) and growth hormone also increases


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