Hypoglycemia Masquerading Atypically as
Hypertensive Urgency! A Call to De-Intensify
Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

Choi H; Dharmarajan TS

Case Report

Hypoglycemia Masquerading Atypically as Hypertensive Urgency! A Call to De-Intensify Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

Choi H and Dharmarajan TS*

Department of medicine, Division of geriatrics, Montefiore Medical Center (Wakefield Campus), University Hospital of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA

Corresponding Author

Received Date: January 13, 2020; Published Date: January 29, 2020

Abstract

When an older adult with multiple comorbidities including a history of long duration hypertension presents to the geriatrics clinic with markedly elevated blood pressure, several explanations are possible. The most common reasons typically suspected by health care providers are that the patient ran out of medications or there is non-adherence to antihypertensive medications for a variety of reasons. The following patient study demonstrates the reason can be simple and reversible, but potentially lethal if not addressed.

Article Details

Citation

Choi H and Dharmarajan TS. Hypoglycemia Masquerading Atypically as Hypertensive Urgency! A Call to De-Intensify Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes. Glob J Aging Geriatr Res. 1(1): 2020. GJAGR.MS.ID.000502.