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  1. Condition of abnormally low level of sugar
  2. (glucose) in the blood, which starves the
  3. brain. It causes weakness, the shakes, and
  4. perspiration, sometimes fainting. Untreated
  5. victims have suffered paranoia and extreme
  6. anxiety. Treatment is by special diet.
  7. Hypoglycaemia is rare in combination with
  8. other diseases, but in diabetics, low blood
  9. sugar occurs when the diabetic has taken too
  10. much insulin. A hypoglycaemic is a drug that
  11. lowers the level of glucose sugar in the
  12. blood. Diabetics who do not require insulin
  13. can control their blood-sugar level by diet
  14. and hypoglycaemic tablets.
  15.