Question: What is the name of a rare disease to do with Sugar levels?

Tom Hewat answered on 7 May 2020:

Hi Toby, there are quite a few rare diseases that cause a difference in the levels of sugar in the blood. MODY (which stands for Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young), is a form of diabetes caused by changes in DNA that tends to affect adults. Neonatal diabetes is similar, but it appears in babies under the age of 6 months. Both of these diseases cause there to be too much sugar in the blood, but are different from Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes in that they’re caused by a single change in the patient’s DNA, along with different treatments being used. The other disorder (and the one which I’m most interested in) is called hyperinsulinism, and this causes the opposite problem; there’s too little sugar in the blood. This can be really severe, because sugar is the best fuel for your body, especially your brain. This means that if patients aren’t diagnosed and treated properly, it can cause them to be incredibly sick. The team that I’m part of are working to find the causes of all of these diseases, so that we can look after these patients better. Hope this helps!