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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?
7 Answers
- Anonymous5 years ago
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.
- 5 years ago
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).
- Anonymous5 years ago
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.
- ?Lv 75 years ago
I would say she was having a low blood sugar episode. I am not a professional but I am diabetic.
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- 5 years ago
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.
- SpazLv 45 years ago
I am not a medical professional however from your description it sounds like something to do with diabetes or blood sugar. I did a webmd search and it came back with that also. Thanks
