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Dementia Risk Gets High With Each Episode of Hypoglycemia

Posted: April 17th 2009 By editor1       under: Brain, Health News    Tags: , , , ,

The risk of developing dementia is so high in the diabetic patients, final conclusion of different studies. Researchers also said that episodes of sudden hyper or hypoglycemia may also create a life-threatening condition.

A long-term study that includes thousands of old diabetic patients found that, people with the episode of hypoglycemia have more chances of developing dementia and each episode increase the chances respectively.

The results were published in the Journal of American Medical Association and researchers showed their concern as type 2 diabetes is increasing globally and patients of dementia will increase as the population ages.

“We already know that diabetic patients have elevated risk of cognition disorders and dementia. This leads to the fact that optimum glucose level in blood is very important and try to maintain low level is good for nothing and may harm instead,” lead researcher Rachel A. Whitmer said.

Study found that diabetic patients that had been hospitalized due to single hypoglycemic attack developed dementia 26 percent more than the patient who had never suffered this episode. With two attacks risk is as high as 80 percent and with three attacks, 94 percent high risk is there.

“The risk even after first attack is so high. Previous study of type 1 diabetes found no association with dementia or cognitive problem,” said Dr. Alan M. Jacobson.

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