Tag Archive for: Hypoglycemia

: Hypoglycaemia is an important complication in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus, because it   causes   recurrent   physical   and   psycho-social morbidity, and is sometimes fatal. The main objective of the study is to clinically audit the hypoglycaemic symptoms in type 2 diabetic patients in Jinnah Hospital, Lahore. This cross sectional clinical audit was done in Jinnah Hospital, Lahore during May 2020. The data was collected with the permission of ethical committee of hospital. The data was collected from type 2 diabetic patients who were enrolled during last 6 months in the hospital. We critically analyse the hypoglycemic symptoms of type 2 diabetic patients. The data was collected from 150 patients of Nishtar hospital, Multan for audit analysis. There were 70 males and 80 females. The age range was 40 to 70 years and the mean age was 58.95±5.67 for hypoglycaemic symptoms patients and 55.15±10.67 for without symptoms patients. It is concluded that hypoglycaemic symptoms are a common complication   of   diabetic   treatment,   and   efforts should be focused especially on insulin-treated patients    to    prevent    hypoglycaemia,    including education    on    hypoglycaemia    awareness,    self-monitoring of blood glucose and dietary advice.