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How Does Someone Become Comatose?
Learn the physiological processes that trigger a coma and how often people awaken after months or even years of being in a coma.
Encyclopedia: Diabetic Coma
Diabetic coma is a medical emergency in which a person with diabetes mellitus is comatose because of one of the acute complications of diabetes: #Severe diabetic hypoglycemia #Diabetic ketoacidosis advanced enough to result in unconsciousness from a combination of severe hyperglycemia, dehydration and shock, and exhaustion #Hyperosmolar nonketotic coma in which extreme hyperglycemia and dehydration alone are sufficient to cause unconsciousness. In most medical contexts, the term diabetic coma refers...
Web Results
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Diabetic coma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diabetic coma is a medical emergency in which a person with diabetes mellitus is comatose (unconscious) because of one of the acute complications of ...
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Diabetic coma - MayoClinic.com
Diabetic coma Comprehensive overview covers causes, treatment, prevention of this life-threatening diabetes complication.
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Diabetic coma: Symptoms - MayoClinic.com
A diabetic coma doesn't strike out of the blue. You'll first experience signs and symptoms of high blood sugar or low blood sugar. High blood sugar ...
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Question and Answer
Diabetic coma?
what is blood count when a person goes into a diabetic coma?
what is blood count when a person goes into a diabetic coma?
It depends on the person, and how you calculate your blood glucose results.
Asked by LaVerne C - 23 months ago
What should i do if a diabetic coma happens?
I'm recently going to move in with my grandmother because it's closer to college. She...
I'm recently going to move in with my grandmother because it's closer to college. She...
First you would call the paramedics immediately! You always want to try and catch her before this happens - if you see her getting dizzy or extremely agitated (these...
Asked by Amanda Nicole - 20 months ago
Forum Search
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Diabetes Diabetic Coma
On average, how long have adults remained in diabetic comas before awakening? The cause was illness and sleeping a full day without taking food or her 2 diabetes meds.
Dec 23, 2003
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blind, jailed monkey trying to go into a diabetic coma...
, has reportedly stopped taking his insulin medicine and started eating M&Ms to make his diabetes He's deaf, dumb and blind, and that's really not much different than being in a coma...
Jul 10, 2004
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How Sinful Are You?
You'll Go to Hell: 14% You'll die from a diabetic coma. Your Deadly Sins Gluttony: 40% Envy: 20% Lust: 20% Sloth: 20% Greed: 0% Pride: 0% Wrath: 0%...
Jul 01, 2007
Question & Answer
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Do people in a coma dream?
I had a patient once who came out of a deep coma. She was expected to never come out of the coma. I had been taking care of her for about 3 weeks. I came into...
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What is the Glascow coma scale?
The Glascow coma scale is a scale of 3 to 15, 15 is good and 3 is bad used by healthcare especially emergency personell in quickly assessing how awake a patient is. A certain amount...
How-To Guides
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Diabetic Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Coma
Diabetic hyperglycemic hyperosmolar coma is a type 2 diabetes condition causing unconsciousness. Learn about diabetic hyperglycemic hyperosmolar coma causes, symptoms, treatment and prevention.
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Blood Sugar Slide Show
For those with diabetes testing your blood sugar is an important part of managing your health. Whether you're a pro or just starting out this slide show from the Mayo Clinic takes you through the entire process from washing your hands to recording the numbers to storing your glucometer.
Choosing an Insulin Delivery Device Slide Show
Learn about various insulin delivery devices in this slide show:
If you are a diabetic who uses insulin as part of your diabetes treatment, you may have thought about choosing an insulin pump. Insulin pumps aim to mimic natural insulin levels in your blood by delivering continuous (basal) doses of insulin at all times, as well as supplemental (bolus) doses before meal times. Learn about the pros and cons of insulin pumps in this slide show.
Documents
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Diabetes and Illness information sheet
Diabetes and illness information sheet - coping when ill as a diabetic More about diabetes at http://www.diabeticinfo.co.uk
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An Atlas of Diabetes Mellitus
Medical textbook on Diabetes
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