Coenzyme Q10 and alpha-lipoic acid: A hirata's connection to severe hypoglycemia?

We report a case of severe hypoglycemia in an elderly woman with multiple comorbidities, due to suspected autoimmune hypoglycemia from a combination of coenzyme Q10 and alpha-lipoic acid. Health-care professionals should be aware of the rare but potentially life-threatening auto-immune hypoglycemia...

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Main Authors: Sulekha Mahendran, Mercy Hanna, Krishnan Swaminathan
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Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-01-01
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Online Access:http://www.apollomedicine.org/article.asp?issn=0976-0016;year=2020;volume=17;issue=2;spage=99;epage=100;aulast=Mahendran
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description We report a case of severe hypoglycemia in an elderly woman with multiple comorbidities, due to suspected autoimmune hypoglycemia from a combination of coenzyme Q10 and alpha-lipoic acid. Health-care professionals should be aware of the rare but potentially life-threatening auto-immune hypoglycemia from some of the commonly used supplements that are widely used in day-to-day diabetic clinical practice.
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spellingShingle Sulekha Mahendran
Mercy Hanna
Krishnan Swaminathan
Coenzyme Q10 and alpha-lipoic acid: A hirata's connection to severe hypoglycemia?
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autoimmune
health supplements
hypoglycemia
title Coenzyme Q10 and alpha-lipoic acid: A hirata's connection to severe hypoglycemia?
title_full Coenzyme Q10 and alpha-lipoic acid: A hirata's connection to severe hypoglycemia?
title_fullStr Coenzyme Q10 and alpha-lipoic acid: A hirata's connection to severe hypoglycemia?
title_full_unstemmed Coenzyme Q10 and alpha-lipoic acid: A hirata's connection to severe hypoglycemia?
title_short Coenzyme Q10 and alpha-lipoic acid: A hirata's connection to severe hypoglycemia?
title_sort coenzyme q10 and alpha lipoic acid a hirata s connection to severe hypoglycemia
topic autoimmune
health supplements
hypoglycemia
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