Talk:Hypoglycemia (common usage)

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I am trying to make two better articles rather than one confusing and contradictory article. The main article about hypoglycemia became too long and became confusing because of the mixture of information about two different concepts of hypoglycemia. To do each condition justice and two reduce confusion, the hypoglycemia article will be from a medical perspective and about the types of hypoglycemia characterized by measured low glucose (Whipple criteria). This current article entitled hypoglycemia (alternative medicine) and is about the type of hypoglycemia characterized by shakiness, moodiness, brain fog, crashes, and so forth, a condition for which a low blood glucose at time of symptoms is not required for diagnosis, carries no risk of death or brain damage, and which is treated mainly by diet changes rather than glucose, glucagon, drugs, hormones, or surgery. I will take out of the hypoglycemia article any material that is purely about hypoglycemia (alternative medicine) and park it here so it can be used in that new article. I am open to a different term for the article on hypoglycemia (alternative medicine) as I am trying to respect and preserve this body of cultural knowledge, but to mix it in the other article simply confuses and misleads readers looking for one or the other. I will reference this article carefully, but feel free to ask questions or make suggestions here. alteripse (talk) 01:21, 16 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I've had a go at rewritng the lead para based on the text above since that's a bit chattier and I think more easily comprehensible to a layman. Pseudomonas(talk) 11:38, 22 August 2009 (UTC)


 * I read the original article and am wholly in agreement with the changes you have made. It is clear that the term "hypoglycemia" has taken on a differernt meaning in general parlance from the medical definition. People looking for more information on this non-medical condition may find this page helpful. It is possible that what they are actually experiencing is an imparied glucagon response, which may be a fore-runner to their developing type 2 diabetes.

The page on the medical condition hypoglycemia could also include a link to hypoglycemia - common usage, making it clear that the two are very distincly different. Hiphive (talk) 10:52, 31 August 2009 (UTC)