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by wazari972 1482 days ago
Do you have any information about what happened?

(context: my son is DT1) We learn (in France) that hypoglycemia can lead to unconsciousness, but cannot be fatal as the liver will eventually take over and release glucose to the organism, as it always does for healthy persons. Glucagen injection is the way to get this release to happen fast, but it can be delayed if necessary.

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Hypoglycemia can lead to coma and can cause death through several mechanisms including but not limited to:

- brain death during prolonged severe hypos

- or cardiac arrhythmias

Im T1 myself

In my wife’s friend’s case we’ve heard it led to an arrhythmia as you mentioned.