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| Blood glucose level less than 70 mg/dl. |
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| Blood glucose level greater than 250 mg/dl. |
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| Acidosis due to an excess ketone bodies. |
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| Inflammation of the pancreas, sometimes accompanied by damage to neighboring organs such as the bowel, lungs, spleen, or stomach, her by a systemic inflammatory response. |
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| An adequate amount of thyroid hormone and body. "Slowing down" of the bodies processes-slow heart rate, tiredness, inability to tolerate cold, mental fatigue and constipation. |
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| Overproduction of thyroid hormone by thyroid gland. Symptoms; rapid heartbeat, tremor fingers and hands, weight loss and inability to tolerate heat. |
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| Thyroid gland enlargement. An enlarged fibroid gland may be caused by thyroid -itis, benign thyroid nodules, malignancy, iodine deficiency, or other condition that causes hyperfunction or hypofunction of the gland. |
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