The two most common reasons that adult patients present to emergency departments with hypoglycemia are:
Diabetes and alcohol use.
+Diabetes and liver failure.
+Diabetes and sepsis.
+Liver failure and sepsis.
+Liver failure and alcohol use.
The two most common causes of hypoglycemia are secondary to insulin treatment and alcohol use. Hypoglycemia can be classified into two main groups: spontaneous or induced. The blood glucose level at which symptoms occur is usually less than 50 mg/dL.