what are some causes of hypoglycemia and thirst (note: other than diabetes)?

Question

extreme thirst seems to get worse with hormonal changes. hypoglycemia is worse in the morning (need to graze almost constantly in the morning to keep it normal).

Answer 1

hypoglycaemia doesnt cause thirst ,,most common cause is alcohol and fasting..thirst is related more to hyperglycaemia

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

True hypoglycemia only usually occurs in people with diabetes. But like the other person said. Alcohol and fasting. High metabolic fluctuations. About the only things I can think of. Severe thirst is often very indicative of diabetes if you're doing nothing to provoke it.

Answer 5

Basically with diseases related to food, the best mechanism to think of is from ingestion to when it's out of ur body. Each step of these can go wrong to cause hypogylcaemia and thrist.

Hypoglycaemia
1)Not taking enough glucose
-malnutrition (bad diet),
-obstruction causing less food intake.
-lack of enzymes for digestion of food (genetic, pancreatitis)
-not absorbing glucose/defective absorption (Chrohn's disease, inflammatory bowel disease)

2)Increase use of glucose, therefore less glucose left over in blood.
-change in lifestyle and activities, for example more excercise.
-terminal illness (cancer, all serious illness use up glucose and energy). This is related to weight loss as well.
-high metabolic rate (hyperthyroidism, excercise)
-drugs

3)Increase loss of glucose
-renal failure -you lose glucose in urine.


Thirst
1)Not taking much water

2)Increase use of water - more excercise, more metabolic rate, disease like hyperthyroidism where you lose water through sweat, hyperglycaemia,

3)Losing water
-renal failure

4)certain drugs causing increase lose of water.

I haven't actually listed all possible causes. But that is basically how you think about it. think about General mechanism, and the possible diseases that could alter the journey of food along your gastrointestinal tract. Even toothache could cause less food intake. Basically think about from the moment you take food, to how its peristaltic movements along the gastrointestinal tract, to its digestion by digestive enzymes, to when it's being absorbed and circulated in the blood, and how it normally get lost from blood. Anything that prevents those normal process could cause hypoglycaemia and thirst.

Hope this helps.