dictionary help| Somogyi effect | medical dictionary |
In diabetes, a rebound phenomenon of reactive hyperglycaemia in response to a preceding period of relative hypoglycaemia that has increased secretion of hyperglycaemic agents (epinephrine, norepinephrine, glucagon, cortisol, and growth hormone); described in diabetic patients given too much insulin who developed unrecognised nocturnal hypoglycaemia that made them hyperglycaemic (suggesting insufficient insulin) when tested the next morning.
(05 Mar 2000)
somnolescent, somnolism, somnoplasty, Somogyi < Prev | Next > Somogyi method, Somogyi phenomenon, Somogyi unit
Bookmark with:      | word visualiser | Go and visit our forums  |
