hypoglycaemic unawareness
hypoglycaemic unawareness n. a serious condition in which a diabetic patient loses the earliest warning signs of an approaching hypoglycaemic episode and may thus suffer a severe attack, with confusion, seizures, or even coma and death. It is more common in longstanding diabetes and in those who experience many hypoglycaemic episodes.
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