Veterinary Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Diagnosis

INTERPRETATION OF RESULT

Clinical Significance

• Glucose determination is mainly useful in the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in which blood glucose levels are elevated.
• Other diseases like hyperthyroidism, hyperpituitarism, severe nephritis, pancreatitis, asphyxia, anesthesia, pneumonia, dehydration and certain hepatic disorders also lead to hyperglycemia.
• Hypoglycemia occurs frequently as a result of over dosage of insulin or antidiabetic treatment. Hypoglycemia may also be noticed in conditioned like hyperinsulinemia, hypothyroidism, hypopitutarism and hypoadrenocorticism.
• Hypoglycemia may also occur in certain physiological conditions like pregnancy, starvation, severe prolonged exercises and lactation.