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OCR: NEUROGLYCOPENIC SYNDROMES acute neuroglycopenia Sweating malaise anxiety tachycardia circumoral and/or carpal paraesthesia, unsteadiness sleepiness progressing to stupor and coma abnorma EEG present throughout: rapidly reversed by intravenous glucose but not bi saline subacute neuroglycopenia Lack of concentration, sleepiness lassitude inactivity progressing stupor and abnormal EEG throughourt: rapidly reversed intravenous glucose but not saline. chronic neuroglycopenia (very rare) Progressive mental deterioration simulating schizophrenia. depression or most often dementia: EEG may be normal. No immediate effect produced glucose: partially reversible by permanent restoration nomoglycaemia. normoglycaemic neuroglycopenia (very rare) Caused by impaired intraneuronal glucose metabolsm. Sympto ...