Mrs A who has come of age, was not feeling so good about herself, she was feeling weak, and so fatigued, so she went to the hospital to see a doctor, she told the doctor how she felt and he ran a test...
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he said she had hyperglycemia(high blood sugar, i.e diabetes), so he gave her Metformin and Glibenclamide, she went home, took the drugs and slept, one of her sons who was also a doctor but wasn’t in town called and asked of his mom
his brothers said she was fine, that she went to the hospital and the doctor gave her drugs, he asked which drugs, he was told, “metformin and glibenclamide”, he was alarmed immediately, he said their mother doesn’t have diabetes( high blood sugar)
that those drugs wasn’t supposed to be given to her. He asked where their mother was, he was told she was sleeping, he asked them to wake her up, they tried to wake her up, but she didn’t wake, she was in “HYPOGLYCEMIC COMA” ( unconsciousness due to serious low blood sugar)
before they could get her to the hospital it was too late. She passed on.
Now, the doctor she met in the hospital did not diagnose her properly(maybe due to faulty machine or whatsoever be the reason) and assumed she was hyperglycemic while she wasn’t and gave her drugs which are to lower the blood sugar even more
so when she took those drugs it further reduced her blood sugar level sending her to a hypoglycemic coma and death.
Just as hyperglycemia is dangerous, having hypoglycemia can even be worse. So, it’s good to look out for all this. And also, when going to a hospital for checkup or whatsoever, try visiting a trusted hospital and try and a run a particular test in two different places to be sure.
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