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January 22, 2001

Hypoglycemia

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Question from Campton, Kentucky, USA:

Can your blood sugar go low enough to go into the same kind of coma that a person with diabetes can go into even if you don’t have diabetes?

Answer:

From: DTeam Staff

People who don’t have diabetes don’t typically have hypoglycemia. There are medications and even poisons that can cause hypoglycemia that could result in a coma if taken improperly.

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