Hypoglycemic Coma + Glucose = Death

Brain damage that was thought to be caused by hypoglycemic coma actually occurs when glucose is administered to treat the coma, according to a study in rodents led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. The results are surprising, say the authors, and may be of clinical significance for the treatment of diabetics in hypoglycemic coma, though they caution that the results cannot be immediately extrapolated to humans.

Of course the authors say the results cannot “IMMEDIATELY” extrapolated to humans.  If they were, than anyone so treated would have one heck of a suit against the medical care provider who provided such a ‘treatment’.  Needless to say, the fact that the authors used the word ‘immediately’ tends to indicate that eventually the same type of response in people will be demonstrated.

Do you think in the meantime we’ll see the number of hypoglycemic comas treated by administering glucose?? If you have access to this data, please let me know!

And always, Summum Bonum.