Coma happens when bs is high. Low bs or insulin reaction occurs when bs is low.
Don’t know where you read this, but it makes no sense. First of all, who would know how much is safe for a correction without sending someone sky high? Fast acting glucose is how to correct someone who’s conscious, not a glucagon injection.
Wrong, people can go into a diabetic coma from too much insulin when someone is dangerously low.
High BG, as in DKA, can also cause a coma. Both can cause comas & death.
I think you need to be really, really low for an extended period of time for it to happen. If you hit 20 for 10 minutes, it’s not going to happen. But if you’re 15 and rolling around on the floor for an hour, your body’s eventually gonna be like, “D’oh! Person in trouble. Produce sugar.” Though that’s just in general. I know that, especially for older people, it doesn’t always work.
That sick feeling comes from the low, not from the glucagon.
http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/d_0j_20w.htm
http://type1diabetes.about.com/od/schooldaycareandlaws/qt/child_sev…
As I stated previously YMMV and confirm with your medical professional.
Its not an elegant option, but it is AN option esp if someone is noncooperative/nauseous/etc
Puking up a glucose tab is pretty close to useless…
Nope, the super-nausea comes from the glucagon. I speak from the school of hard knocks. I’ve had ambulance trips with dextrose IV’s on some occasions. And I’ve had glucagon on another occasion. The glucagon is what causes the super-nausea.
I don’t think everyone necessarily gets the super-nausea from glucagon. But it is a VERY common side-effect. It lasted about 24 hours for me. I think I may have been affected far worse than average.
But all that said… die from the hypo, or get the super-nausea? I’ll choose to not die every time.
I just want to point out that glucagon is not like popping a couple of Pez. It’s serious stuff.
Yep, the worst lows I’ve battled were combined with SEVERE nausea. There’s nothing worse than being in the low 30’s and not sure if you can keep anything down.
No glucagon involved… but for me, those symptoms of nausea don’t come for 30-45 minutes after I’ve dropped below about 45. So if I’m still low when it hits, it’s really not a good thing.
Thanks for the warm wishes
Travel essentials: Extra test strips (don’t just pack them–use them). Extra glucose (in several forms) stashed with you, stashed with trusted friend who is alert to signs that you might need the glucose–and knows to make sure you test after about 15 minutes to see if it worked.
A glucagon kit is a valuable emergency item, but your travel companions have to know that you have it, know where to find it (in a locker at a hostel doesn’t do you much good, for example), and know how/when to administer it.
Have fun! Looking forward to seeing your travel pictures.
Thank you all for the contribution and the discussion, I consider my self as an expert diabetic (28yrs), but it seams that there is always something to learn every day!
A scary term “super-nausea” hope no one will ever have it!
Am gonna have a bag just for my friend the DIABETES
I will fill up my pockets with candy and chocolate, will eat one every 15 mint! lol Just kidding
Thanks for the reminders and the warm wishes Kelly, by the way what happened to our Iowa meeting!!! Gone with the wind! lol
I remember i was on a field trip once, sugar fell through the floor out of the blue, no clue what happened. Of course we didn’t have anything with us, cause that was on the bus that had left earlier (never made that mistake again). My liver did kick in when i hit about 30 and kept me from passing out until we could get ahold of some food… felt HORRIBLE all day afterwards though. Not something to rely on.
So agree. I’ve kinda been both ways in 36 years of this.