COMPROMISED HORMONAL COUNTERREGULATION, SYMPTOM AWARENESS, AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTION AFTER RECURRENT SHORT-TERM EPISODES OF INSULIN-INDUCED HYPOGLYCEMIA IN IDDM PATIENTS

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LINGENFELSER, T
RENN, W
SOMMERWERCK, U
JUNG, MF
BUETTNER, UW
ZAISERKASCHEL, H
KASCHEL, R
EGGSTEIN, M
JAKOBER, B
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[1] UNIV TUBINGEN, DEPT NEUROL, W-7400 TUBINGEN 1, GERMANY
[2] UNIV TUBINGEN, DEPT NEUROPSYCHOL, W-7400 TUBINGEN 1, GERMANY
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10.2337/diabetes.42.4.610
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R5 [内科学];
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To test the hypothesis that recurrent short-term hypoglycemic episodes may impair hormonal counter-regulation, symptom awareness, and neurophysiological function during subsequent hypoglycemia, we examined two groups of IDDM patients (n = 18), neither of whom exhibited signs of autonomic neuropathy. Two sequential euglycemic-hypoglycemic clamp studies were performed three days apart with stable glycemic plateaus of 5.6, 3.3, 2.2, and 1.7 mM, at which the patients' awareness of and response to hypoglycemia was evaluated. In the intervention group (n = 11), three short-term hypoglycemic episodes preceded the second clamp study. Counterregulatory hormones increased significantly during hypoglycemia, but adrenaline (P < 0.03), cortisol (P < 0.01), and ACTH (albeit not significant) showed a blunted response after repetitive hypoglycemic events. in this group, the perception of hypoglycemic symptoms was significantly reduced and was most evident for the autonomic symptoms of sweating (P < 0.05), heart pounding (P < 0.01), and warmness (P < 0.03). The deterioration of neurophysiological function, as assessed from the middle latency auditory evoked potentials, was more pronounced in the intervention group (latency shift of the P(a) component, P < 0.05). These data suggest that alterations of neuroendocrine counterregulation, symptom perception, and certain aspects of cerebral function may occur as a consequence of recurrent short-term hypoglycemic episodes. These adaptation phenomena may contribute to the increased incidence of severe hypoglycemia in IDDM patients on intensive insulin therapy.
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