GLUCOSE
Optimal Range: 85-100 mg/DL
Interpretations
Causes of Increased
·
Diabetes mellitus and insulin resistance
syndromes
·
Thiamine (B<sub>1) insufficiency
·
Stress
·
Acute
and chronic pancreatitis
·
Drugs
(anabolic and glucocorticoids, epinephrine, , diuretics,)
Causes
of Decreased
1 - Excess insulin (insulinoma, over dosage)
2 - Impaired glucose tolerance (post-prandial)
3- Late/large malignancies
4 - Endocrine hypo function (thyroid, adrenal cortex, anterior
pituitary)
5 - Protein malnutrition
6 - Sometimes in pregnancy
7 - Liver dysfunction
8 - After gastric surgeries (altered gastric emptying)