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General Diabetes Discussion: Anyone have a any advice please?

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    • CommentAuthorlynnie
    • CommentTimeMar 28th 2008
     

    Hello i have just found out that my best friend's mother has been taken into ICU in a dabetic coma(they did not know that she even had it),She suffered a stroke about 4 months ago and was doing well,her sugar levels are 67 and she is breathing with a machine,the family have been told that she has a 50/50 cahnce,does anyone know what the recovery rate is from something like this?

    • CommentAuthorDray
    • CommentTimeMar 29th 2008
     

    I'm assuming you're Stateside?

    Sadly, a lot of people are undiagnosed diabetics. You're a bit unclear which came first? The stroke or the diabetes? I've/have had both :bigsmile:

    In my case, the blood sugar test was done as part of the process of determining the cause of my collapse. In Brit terms, I've heard of some darn
    high blood sugars, but 67 isn't one of them. So assuming you're stateside, 67, roughly dived by 18, which gives about 3.5 mmol/l, is pretty low.

    The symptoms of a diabetic coma are similar to a drunkenness, some forms of epilepsy, a stroke or a small stroke, so they have to check all the
    angles. I can only talk from personal experience. Long term undiagnosed diabetes can lead to strokes, amongst other problems.

    Diabetics, with proper management and care, and a little bit of annoying self-discipline, can live normal lives. Strokes are a bit more complicated.
    There's a lot reasons why people suffer from strokes, so I'd recommend The Stroke Association, which I comment on occasionally.

    http://www.stroke.org.uk/applications/discussion/

    Best Wishes. Dray.

    • CommentAuthorCaroline W
    • CommentTimeMar 29th 2008
     

    Can't offer any advice, but wanted to say I hope your best friends mum is better soon. It is a worry when someone we care about is ill.

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      CommentAuthorLankyman
    • CommentTimeMar 31st 2008
     

    I've been lower than 3.5 and still been on my feet (just - close thing) so it sounds to me like there are other complications.

    As I understand it, if you have a hypo, it is very quickly fixed by a glucose injection, but I have no idea of the implications for someone who has had a stroke, or whether there are other side issues that happen once you are in a coma.

    Hope all goes well.

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