what happens if an insulin taking diabetic goes into a hypo and goes unconscious and no one is there to help?

Question

Does the person come out of the hypo eventually and how long would it take?

Answer 1

Providing the person has not accidentally overdosed on their insulin units they should recover fully without medical intervention.When the blood glucose levels fall below normal levels the liver converts glycogen (that it stores) into glucose and this raises the blood sugar levels.This is what happens when a person is unconscious and unable to eat or drink and a carer gives that person an injection of Glucagen. This will raise the blood glucose in exactly the same way.The Glucagen injection takes about 10 minutes to start to work and the patient shows signs of recovery however it may take another 30 minutes before they are fully recovered.If you were alone and there was no one to help you then it would take considerably longer for you to regain consciousness

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Congratulations Lula,

You were the only person to give a reasonable explanation. What really surprised me was that a nurse wasn't able to give the same explanation.

As a point of interest, the injection given is called a GlucaGen HypoKit, and the active ingredient is a glucagon biosynthetic which stimulates the liver to release it's store of glycogen. This would mean, of course, that food would need to be taken on recovery to replenish this 'store' of glucose in the liver.

Normally, a person would recover from a hypo by themself as the pancreas not only produces insulin (from the beta cells) but also glucagon, from the alpha cells. This, of course, depends on the severity of the hypo. If the patient's blood sugar falls so rapidly and to such a degree that the blood sugar is extremely low, there is a danger that death could occur.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

It depends on a number of factors.
The most important t hing with diabetes and the use of insulin is to become aware of your body's messages. Your body should give you some sign that your sugar is dropping. ALWAYS keep a quick acting sugar and a protein nearby.
Some people can go into diabetic coma and suffer brain damage and death.
Contact the American Diabetic Association web site for info.

Answer 6

The person does not come out a hypo episode on their own... READ THE QUESTION, if no one is there to give an injection of glucagon hormone, then no the person will not come out of hypo and risks coma, seizure, and death. Glucagon is not the preferred method of treatment by emergency services, the best way to bring an unconscious person out of a hypo is an IV start of dextrose, glucagon sometimes does not work all of the time as the livers level of glycogen can already be depleted.

Answer 7

He may come out but there is a chance of going into a coma. So, if a diabetic is on insulin, he should always keep a few toffees or sweets with him so that at the first sign of hypoglycemia, he should take the sugar / glucose inside. Hypoglycemia is much more dangerous than hyperglycemia.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Lula is right....

I'm surprised that Micksmixxx is surprised. Doctors, nurses, and nutritionists don't always know that much about diabetes. I'm not surprised at all that a nurse knows so little. My sister in law is a nurse and I know far more about diabetes than she ever will. There's a lesson to be learned here, folks, and that leads us into one of my favorite sayings, "You can never know too much when it comes to your health". So go out there and learn all you can and don't trust the medical community to have the answers. When it comes to chronic diseases and mental disorders, they don't know diddly.... and that's a fact.

Answer 10

if your heart is ok and your blood pressure stable then you should b ok after a short time if not then your body will go into a diabetic shock and if not got to a hospital very soon you have had it allways carry a bar of choc with you