What causes low blood sugar levels?
Patient: Hello Doctor, I am a 59 year old female, over the last few months I have been feeling like I am shaking inside about once a fortnight, no real pattern to the feeling. A friend suggested I test my blood sugar levels, on one morning it was only 2.3, but was 4.7 on the other three occasions I tested it. Yesterday I felt shaky so when I did the test and it was only 1.7, I had eaten about three hours previously and did not feel hungry. what could be causing my levels to drop so low?. Thank you. Doctor: welcome to hcm...mam as your blood sugar level are coming low ..there are some problems which need to be taken care of ...please get ultrasound abdomen to know status of liver pancreas and adrenal gland ..as there may be problem with any of these ..on the lab test go for liver function test ...thyroid status ...serum cortisol level ...insulin and glucugon level ...epinephrine level ...