Diabetic Coma?!
Question: When I hear people talking about going into diabetic a coma what are they talking about?
Answers: When I hear people talking about going into diabetic a coma what are they talking about?
Actually, there is no set number for when a person can go into a diabetic coma.I have been a nurse for almost 30 yrs, and diabetic for over 15.....I have seen people go into comas at levels less than 300, and people not go into comas & actually have a glucose of over 1400....everyone is different....and since there is no set "rules" about when a person with uncontrolled blood sugar can go into a coma.....educate, control & thrive. It's very simple to educate yourself, take control of your illness & thrive.......
Its when your blood sugar is over 500. If you take care of yourself you will be fine. This usually happens to people that
don't watch their blood sugar or they don't know they are diabetic.
Unconsciousness from a diabetic emergency. Here's a site with more info;
There are different forms of Diabetic coma
1) Hypoglycemia : If u give yrself a shot and then u do not eat, or u exercise too much, then u get this.
2) Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA): Type1 DM patients are specially prone, they can become comatose even just missing one shot. This causes body sugar to shoot up. For Type2 DM this can happen too, classically in patients with other concomitant problems like an infection or sepsis, the blood sugar goes very high again.
3) Hyperosmolar non-ketotic coma (HONK): Again blood sugar is high but you have no ketone. Classically in type2 DM patients with poor metabolic control precipitated by illnesses like stroke or MI. More insidious onset