secrettheatre
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Dairy Milk? For a hypo where you are nearly unconscious? It wont work quick enough, that man needs PURE sugar. Tsk, all diabetics at risk of serious hypo know dextrose tabs/pure sugar are needed. No diabetic in their right mind would only have chocolate on them for hypos
secrettheatre said:And by 'media' I mean films, TV, drama, etc. I have yet to see a character with diabetes in a film or TV show whose condition is portrayed with any accuracy, or appreciation of the nature of the condition. The most egregious example I can recall is in the film 'Con Air' from a few years back, which starred Nicholas Cage and Johns Cusack and Malkovich. One of the minor characters has Type 1 (at least I presume - since I'm sure such subtleties as the different types of diabetes were lost on the film's makers), and is shown as going into something like shock because he hadn't been given his insulin injection. Upon receiving the injection he recovers immediately. As the Wikipedia article on the film states 'The movie contributes to the dangerous misconception that the appropriate treatment for a diabetic "in crisis" is insulin.'
Anyone have any similar examples? Personally I don't think this is a trivial issue. I have relatives and friends who have believed (until I informed them otherwise!) that the way to treat a hypo is to give a shot of insulin, and it seems likely that this idea (like so many other things) is picked up from television, fims, etc.
Chris
Marfmama said:Also the film memento where he has no short term memory and is looking for his wife's killer - been a while since iv seen it but I'm sure the twist is something like his wife is diabetic and he kept giving her insulin and forgetting he had already done it...?
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