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Diabetic coma is a serious condition that may threaten the life of a person with diabetes, and it often occurs in people who suffer from very high or very low sugar level.
During a diabetic coma, a person loses consciousness and is unable to respond to stimuli around him, whether sound or vision.
This situation has many reasons, including:
Diabetic ketoacidosis
When the muscle cells in a diabetic’s body need energy, the body can respond by breaking down the fat it stores, and this process leads to the formation of toxic acids called ketones.
If diabetic ketoacidosis is left untreated, the blood sugar level will rise and the person will feel very tired and dehydrated, and thus a diabetic coma will occur.
This condition appears more in people with type 1 diabetes, but people with type 2 and women with gestational diabetes may also be affected.
ketogenic hyperosmolar syndrome
This condition is defined as a rise in blood sugar of more than 600 mg/dL, as this extreme rise leads to a thickening of the blood texture, and the remaining sugar passes into the urine, thus withdrawing large amounts of body fluids.
If this syndrome is not treated, the body may become severely dehydrated, resulting in a diabetic coma and even threatening the life of the person with diabetes, and this condition often affects the elderly and people with type 2 diabetes.
Severe hypoglycemia
Where the brain needs glucose to function efficiently, so a severe deficiency of sugar leads to unconsciousness, and this severe deficiency of sugar can occur due to a high level of insulin or a lack of proper nutrition that the body needs, as well as exhausting exercise for the body.
