SC - hypoglycaemia
KallipygosRed at aol.com
KallipygosRed at aol.com
Tue Jun 27 14:43:39 PDT 2000
In a message dated 6/27/00 1:28:47 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
evfemia at mail.com writes:
<< Obviously reactions such as sweating, shaking,
slurred speech, confusion, etc can occur before the body is able to
stabilize itself. But a primary hypoglycemic's body should be able to
stabilize it's own blood sugar without SERIOUS side effects from my
experience and research >>
Yes, the above symptoms do indeed occur with enough lead time that if they
are not ignored, the person can rectify the situation by eating, drinking,
etc. HOWEVER do not believe that if these symptoms are ignored, they cannot
lead to insulin shock and coma and death. They do. Frequently. More
frequently then I would like to admit. Situation: Person is travelling
through Arizona in car. All snackies are gone, as is water. Person figures
they will stop at next town and eat; but next town is over 4 hours away with
no where to eat/stop between. Person had a hypoglycemic episode that spiraled
rapidly downward into a severe episode, that continued into insulin shock. He
was discovered by another motorist who called on cell phone and got life
flight help to hospital. This person was not diabetic or had any other health
cocerns. It happened a year ago on the I-8 to from Tucson to Yuma. They don't
even have phone boxes out there until you are close to Yuma.
So, it can happen. The problem is that people don't realize it can, and they
ignore or "live close to the wire" with their situation all the time; eating
when they can no longer help it or at the last possible moment before they
become really ill. A lot of individuals just don't pay attention to the
symptoms or deliberately ignore them, thinking there is time and/or they
don't want to be slave to that kind of demand by body (like diabetics, some
individuals rebel against the diagnoses by refusing to comply with the
constraints of the illness to stay well; believing it is 'mind over matter'
situation when not). Some people pay attention to the illness demands, but
don't take adequate preparations and get caught in the secenario of the
gentleman on his way to Yuma. In cases like that, it doesn't matter how many
symptoms you have, you can't do a durn thing about them until you get to
place that allows you to do something about it.
So, be careful. The only difference between Hypoglycemia and an Insulin
Reaction (not Shock, shock refers to the comatose stage of the reaction) and
Insulin Shock (which can kill) is the severity of the symptoms. It is like
trying to draw a line between Allergic Asthma and Chronic Airways Disease.
Both have the same symptoms, with varying amount of severity; but either way
you won't care if you died because of ignoring the symptoms of Asthma or CAD.
Either way you're dead.
Lars
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