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The British Journal of Psychiatry (1964) 110: 228-232. doi: 10.1192/bjp.110.465.228
© 1964 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
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Alcohol-induced Hypoglycaemia

VINCENT MARKS M.A., B.M., M.R.C.P.E.1 and W. E. MEDD M.D., M.R.C.P.2

1 Consultant Pathologist, Area Laboratory, West Park Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
2 Physician, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey

A case of unconsciousness due to hypoglycaemia in an alcoholic male is described, and its relationship to alcohol ingestion confirmed. The syndrome of alcohol-induced hypoglycaemia is particularly liable to occur in chronic alcoholic subjects who also suffer from malnutrition. The blood glucose should be measured in any patient who becomes unconscious, or fails to regain consciousness, after drinking alcohol. The possible mechanisms responsible for the hypoglycaemia and the difficulties attached to its subsequent experimental reproduction are discussed.






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