diabetic coma
Glucose crisis blackout
Diabetic coma is a life-threatening state of unconsciousness caused by severely abnormal blood sugar levels.
It can result from extremely high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) or dangerously low blood sugar (hypoglycemia), both of which can occur in people with diabetes when the condition is poorly controlled or treatment goes wrong: She fell into a diabetic coma after missing several insulin doses.
- insulinPancreatic glucose-regulating hormone
- blood glucoseSugar level in bloodstream
- glucosePrimary cellular fuel
- blood sugarCirculating glucose level
- high blood sugarExcessive blood glucose levels
unconscious · emergency · first responders · hyperglycemia · ketoacidosis · hospital · intensive care · ambulance · clammy · sweating · confusion · seizure · unresponsive · injection · glucagon · paramedic · sugar crash · orange juice
- diabetes effectshyperglycemia, ketoacidosis, nephropathy, neuropathy, retinopathy
- comasemicoma
- blood sugarblood sugar, blood glucose, glucose, glucose level, high blood sugar
- consciousness statesunconscious, conscious, awake, alert, sleep
diabetic comawakefulness
State of being conscious
lucidity · mental clarity · alertness · wide awake · hypervigilance