SC - medieval times?

[Cindy M. Renfrow]

"Decker, Terry D." wrote:
> 
> The common term is insulin shock.  Usually it refers to acute hypoglycemia
> induced by an overdose of insulin.  The symptoms are sweating, trembling and
> dizziness, which if untreated, can continue to coma and death.  Because of
> the way the body uses insulin, you do not need to be a diabetic or naturally
> hypoglycemic to die of hypoglycemia from an overdose of insulin.

I'm positive that is true.  But since I am not diabetic, I do not take
insulin.  I am hypoglycemic.  I control my symptoms by avoiding sweets
and high starch items such as white rice, white bread, etc.

Evfemia at mail.com
> 
> Bear
> 
> > Yes, I wondered about this.  An ex lover of mine suicided by injecting
> > massive doses of insulin (no, he wasn't diabetic, nor, AFAIK, was he
> > hypoglycaemic).  The official cause of death was hypoglycaemia.
> >
> > Gwynydd
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evfemia
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