In factitious disorder patients consciously produce symptoms (ie. purposely injure themselves) for primary gain. A history of multiple procedures and subjective or objective findings that are inconsistent with known diseases suggest factitious disorder.
c peptide = endogenous insulin , low c peptide + low blood glucose = exogenous insulin. very simple
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Low C-peptide, low proinsulin, high plasma free insulin and low glucose, in a nurse, who presents with episodes of symptoms of hypoglycemia without apparent precipitants, is straight out of FA's textbook definition of a factitious disorder. See FA 2019 p554