Low blood sugar lead to diabetes coma to aid

Posted on January 17, 2010
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1, low blood sugar lead to diabetes, coma incentive

1, diabetes, drug treatment of oral hypoglycemic agents or insulin injections two methods. The results are easy to make lower blood sugar. However, if used inappropriately, so that blood sugar drop too much, it would cause the occurrence of low blood sugar.

2, if the patient because of various reasons, poor appetite, or simply not eating, diarrhea, vomiting, but according to the usual level of taking hypoglycemic drugs or insulin injections, then, not only hypoglycemia reaction, severe cases can cause low blood sugar coma.

Second, low blood sugar lead to the symptoms of diabetic coma

1, preceded by palpitation, cold sweat, nausea, feeling, and gradually drowsiness, respiratory’s not.

2, the morning time, how also known as loss of consciousness, whole body fat cool, we can see a cold sweat, but found no significant abnormal vital signs.

3, there is history of diabetes, oral hypoglycemic agents, in recent days do not eat normal, or diarrhea, vomiting, fever, gradual emergence of consciousness, conscious trance, development of coma.

3, low blood sugar lead to diabetes, first aid coma

Past history of diabetes, the onset of coma, but also no other cause, first of all suspected diabetic coma, according to the principles of emergency first aid coma.

(1) the patient supine lateral side of the head to maintain airway patency, clear the vomit, to prevent accidental starting to attract suffocation.

(2) careful observation of patient’s condition if it is found respiratory arrest, artificial respiration immediately.

(3) promptly call “120″ emergency phone, quickly rushed to hospital for treatment of patients.

Because diabetes is caused by coma, in addition to the reasons for low blood sugar, the blood sugar can also be caused by significantly increased hyperosmolar coma, so in a coma is not clear why it should not when fed sugar water to patients in order to avoid worse. But also to the consciousness of the patient fed sugar water will easily lead to suffocation or choking.

Diabetic coma first aid points:

1, in the past history of diabetes, the onset of coma, but also no other cause, first of all suspected diabetic coma.

2, according to a coma First Aid principles: to maintain airway and prevent aspiration of vomit.

3, call “120″ emergency personnel will be sent to the hospital the patient, we should first check the blood sugar, in order to determine the direction of disease treatment.

4, Do not feed sugar water to unconscious patients to avoid choking or suffocation.

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