However, it must be appreciated that one can have almost no symptoms with hypoglycemia if this is s chronic situation. Patients and physicians frequently attribute symptoms, eg, anxiety, irritability, and hunger, to hypoglycemia without documenting the presence of low blood sugar. Hypoglycemia is a known complication of several medications, and the incidence is difficult to know with any certainty. Mortality is not observed. Hypoglycemia as a complication of therapy for diabetes is common.
Mild hypoglycemia occurs in more than half of all patients with diabetes in therapy.
No known racial predilection exists. Other causes of hypoglycemia do not have a higher incidence in men or women. The average age of a patient diagnosed with an insulinoma is early 40s, but cases have been reported in patients from birth to 80 years of age. Neurogenic symptoms include sweating, shakiness, tachycardia, and anxiety. Timing of the onset of these symptoms is crucial in the evaluation of hypoglycemia.