TOBACCO HYPOGLYCEMIA
Authors: M G BERRY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1959)

Article1 May 1959TOBACCO HYPOGLYCEMIAMAXWELL G. BERRY, M.D., F.A.C.P.MAXWELL G. BERRY, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-50-5-1149 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTobacco smoking and its good or bad effects on the smoker have created much controversy in recent years. A significant but little-known fact is that tobacco smoking has been shown to produce symptomatic hypoglycemia which disappears when smoking is stopped. Since 1946 we have seen 24 patients with tobacco hypoglycemia, which indicates a closer association between tobacco usage and hypoglycemia than has been generally recognized. The diagnosis may be established with reasonable certainty in an internist's office, and can be confirmed by the rapid relief of symptoms following the withdrawal of tobacco. We found there was no longer a hypoglycemic...Bibliography1. McCormick WJ: The role of the glycemic response to nicotine; tobacco smoking and blood sugar, Am. J. Hyg. 22: 214-220 (July) 1935. Google Scholar2. Bohan PT: Tobacco intoxication with a preliminary report on its relation to hypoglycemia, Kansas City M. J. 24: 8-13 (Nov.) 1948. Google Scholar3. BohanBerry PTMG: Hypoglycemia and the use of tobacco, GP 8: 63-64 (Nov.) 1953. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. Harris S: Hyperinsulinism and dysinsulinism, J. A. M. A. 83: 729-733 (Sept. 6) 1924. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. Conn JW: The diagnosis and management of hypoglycemia, J. A. M. A. 134: 130-138 (May 10) 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. ConnSeltzer JWHS: Spontaneous hypoglycemia, Am. J. Med. 19: 460-478 (Sept.) 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. WhippleFrantz AOVK: Adenoma of islet cells with hyperinsulinism, a review, Ann. Surg. 101: 1299-1335 (June) 1935. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Kansas City, Missouri*Received for publication November 17, 1958.From the Department of Medicine, St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Maxwell G. Berry, M.D., 201 Plaza Medical Building, Kansas City 12, Missouri. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHypoglycaemia without diabetes encountered by emergency medical services: a retrospective cohort studyAlcohol and cigarette use among adolescents with type 1 diabetesCardiac Effects of Sulfonylurea-Related HypoglycemiaThe Adverse Effects of Tobacco Smoking on Reproduction and Health: a Review from the LiteratureCan hypoglycaemia cause obsessions and ruminations?Nutritional Approaches to Behavior ModificationOBESITY DUE TO THE SYNDROME OF NARCOLEPSY AND DIABETOGENIC HYPERINSULINISM: CLINICAL AND THERAPEUTIC OBSERVATIONS ON 252 PATIENTS*AN INQUIRY INTO THE PATHOGENESIS, RATIONAL TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, WITH EMPHASIS UPON THE COMBINED ROLE OF DIABETOGENIC HYPER-INSULINISM AND RECURRENT EDEMA*THE SYNDROME OF NARCOLEPSY AND DIABETOGENIC HYPER-INSULINISM IN THE AMERICAN NEGRO: IMPORTANT CLINICAL, SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH ASPECTSSPONTANEOUS LEG CRAMPS AND “RESTLESS LEGS” DUE TO DIABETOGENIC HYPERINSULINISM: OBSERVATIONS ON 131 PATIENTS*THE SYNDROME OF NARCOLEPSY AND DIABETOGENIC (“FUNCTIONAL”) HYPERINSULINISM, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO OBESITY, DIABETES, IDIOPATHIC EDEMA, CEREBRAL DYSRHYTHMIAS AND MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (200 PATIENTS)Use of a low-sodium formula as an improved Karell diet, with emphasis upon the outpatient management of heart failure and lymphedemaLONG-TERM WEIGHT REDUCTION IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: EXPERIENCES WITH A HYPOCALORIC FOOD MIXTURE (METRECAL) IN 78 PATIENTSVergleichende Untersuchungen über die capillarvenöse Blutzuckerdifferenz unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des HungergefühlsFunctioning Islet Cell Adenoma with a Note about Leucine SensitivityA. EVAN OVERSTREET, M.D., JOSEPH J. RUPP, M.D., F.A.C.P.Orale Diabetestherapie und ihre experimentellen GrundlagenScoliosisENDOGENOUS HYPOGLYCÆMIA 1 May 1959Volume 50, Issue 5Page: 1149-1157KeywordsAdenomasAmnesiaEmotionsHospital medicineHypoglycemiaHypoglycemicsIngestionInsulinPeptic ulcersSyncope ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1959 PDF downloadLoading ...