Peggy sue's doctor wants to screen her for reactive hypoglycemia. if her doctor's suspicions are correct and peggy sue does have reactive hypoglycemia, what would you expect her blood glucose concentration to be at approximately 2 hours after she had begun her glucose tolerance test?

Two hours after Peggy Sue's glucose tolerance test, her blood glucose concentration would be expected to be; Depressed as compared to a normal individual.

Explanation:

When a person has reactive hypoglycemia, they have low levels of glucose after they eat a meal. This can be dangerous, and even life-threatening. Usually after eating, the glucose levels will rise and not lower. This will occur within a four hour period after eating. This type of hypoglycemia can happen to anyone but it is more common in people who are overweight and those whom elected to have gastric bypass surgery.

A few of the symptoms of hypoglycemia are; tremors, panic, rapid heartbeat, headaches, and dilated pupils. A doctor can run a simple test to determine if a patient suffers from this ailment.