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<blockquote data-quote="Dark Horse" data-source="post: 1229411" data-attributes="member: 52527"><p>Hypostop and glucagon are not equivalent.</p><p></p><p>The best way to treat hypoglycaemia is to act as soon as it is suspected by taking oral glucose in some form (see later). If the hypoglycaemia means the person is too groggy to drink/eat, a glucose-containing gel can be squirted into the side of their mouth, although it must NOT be used on an unconscious, person because of the risk of choking. The glucose gel used to be called Hypostop, it is now known as Glucogel.</p><p></p><p>Intravenous glucose may be given if the person is unconscious due to hypoglycaemia, but only by a doctor.</p><p></p><p>If the person experiencing hypoglycaemia is unconscious, and a doctor is not present, adequately trained relatives/friends could inject glucagon intramuscularly or subcutaneously. Glucagon does not contain glucose, it is a hormone which promotes the release of glucose from the glycogen stores in the liver. (Glycogen basically consists of long chains of glucose molecules joined together.) The effects only last a short time so when the person regains consciousness, they need to take in glucose in some form straight away. Some people may not respond to the glucagon (if their glycogen stores are depleted) and if they don't regain consciousness promptly, an ambulance should be called.</p><p></p><p>It's important to know what to do when someone has hypoglycaemia, the following are useful pages:-http://patient.info/doctor/emergency-management-of-hypoglycaemia</p><p><a href="http://www.leicestershirediabetes.org.uk/401.html" target="_blank">http://www.leicestershirediabetes.org.uk/401.html</a></p><p></p><p>Edited by a mod as quoted deleted post</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dark Horse, post: 1229411, member: 52527"] Hypostop and glucagon are not equivalent. The best way to treat hypoglycaemia is to act as soon as it is suspected by taking oral glucose in some form (see later). If the hypoglycaemia means the person is too groggy to drink/eat, a glucose-containing gel can be squirted into the side of their mouth, although it must NOT be used on an unconscious, person because of the risk of choking. The glucose gel used to be called Hypostop, it is now known as Glucogel. Intravenous glucose may be given if the person is unconscious due to hypoglycaemia, but only by a doctor. If the person experiencing hypoglycaemia is unconscious, and a doctor is not present, adequately trained relatives/friends could inject glucagon intramuscularly or subcutaneously. Glucagon does not contain glucose, it is a hormone which promotes the release of glucose from the glycogen stores in the liver. (Glycogen basically consists of long chains of glucose molecules joined together.) The effects only last a short time so when the person regains consciousness, they need to take in glucose in some form straight away. Some people may not respond to the glucagon (if their glycogen stores are depleted) and if they don't regain consciousness promptly, an ambulance should be called. It's important to know what to do when someone has hypoglycaemia, the following are useful pages:-http://patient.info/doctor/emergency-management-of-hypoglycaemia [URL]http://www.leicestershirediabetes.org.uk/401.html[/URL] Edited by a mod as quoted deleted post [/QUOTE]
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