A woman in her 60s is rushed to the emergency department (ED) after having lost consciousness at a Singing Christmas Tree event.
The emergency medical technician (EMT) reports that in addition to losing consciousness, the woman was tachycardic (~100 bpm), warm to the touch and diaphoretic (sweaty). During the physical exam, the patient reported that she had not been feeling well lately, but was not taking medications, had no recent surgeries, and has not been diagnosed with anything. As time passed she slowly became a little more coherent and her heartrate began to normalize, but she suddenly vomited on the floor. Rapid blood tests reveal hypoglycemia (reduced blood glucose).What is wrong with the patient?A. she forgot to eatB. she walked to the concert and was badly out of shapeC. she had a tumor causing over-secretion of insulinD. she was taking over-the-counter supplements
Hunger is one the early symptoms of people who has hypoglycemia. Hypoglecemia is having low sugar in the blood and if there is any secretion of insulin from any part of the body, it lower the sugar more and more which is not what we want.
