I need a HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HELP, about a situation that happened today.?
I'm a junior college student (20 years old). I was sitting in lab today when the professor noticed a girl, slumped over on a desk. He thought she was simply sleeping, however, when the teacher attempted to wake her, she was completely unresponsive. He lifted her up and found that she was pale as a ghost, and sweating profusely, all while unconscious. Paramedics arrived, announced that she still had a pulse, but was taken away via stretcher/ambulance. Can someone (doctor, nurse, surgeon) explain to me what happened? What caused this? diabetes?
Anonymous2015-12-03T17:10:31Z
No way to know for sure, not enough data here to actually give you any info ... but if I had to put money on it, her blood sugar was probably low. Normally we'd work that sort of thing up before we started running off anywhere, but in a room full of people, we'd go to the ambulance for some privacy.
At her age, the signs you mentioned strongly suggest hypoglycemic coma, though other less frequent possibilities are there, especially acute central nervous system events, like bleeding from a ruptured vessel in the brain. It's also important to consider any drug overdose, or ingestion of toxic substance. Vasovagal attack is very unlikely since it's typically transient (in the matter of seconds).
Too vague to diagnose as it could be damn near anything:
hypoglycemia (diabetes related) Stroke Heart attack aneurism Vasovagal attack Hypotension (low bp) severe dehydration reaction to a drug (delayed) hypovolemia (theoretically from a heavy period but VERY unlikely) septicemia Virus infection peritonitis
without knowing her medical history and being able to see her physically and run test you simply cannot diagnose from this description. And given her age - it's highly unlikely to be many of those, maybe peritonitis (burst appendix) or septicemia.
To me it sounds like she had a stroke. Having a stroke or a heart attack (while sleeping in class) will make you slump over from the pain. She may have been passed away that is why she was pale, (loosing some oxygen and almost going to decompose). Sometimes, medications can make a person be unresponsive if she accidentally overdose. This issue is really indefinite, the only way to find out is an autopsy.