Blood sugar is the amount of glucose in the blood. The consumption of food defined as food is vital for humans. Food is defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 as a substance or product intended to be, or reasonably expected to be ingested. Several pathologies can impose on patients the inability to eat orally. This inability to eat orally poses a problem in the management, particularly in developing countries, because food, according to Hippocrates, is the first medicine. The objectives of our study were: To describe the clinical, and socio-demographic aspects of patients unable to eat; To determine the frequency of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia in patients unable to eat in the department; To identify the probable factors of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia in patients unable to eat in the department of infectious diseases; To compare the blood glucose levels before and after intake of glucose solutions in these patients
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