Allsgr8- I might not be the best health sciences student out there, but when I post I usually know what I’m talking about.
From the Diabetes Journal: “We conclude that in type 1 diabetes acute regulation of EGP by insulin is mainly via changes in GL while GNG changes little during the early hours of acute insulin excess or deficiency.” In English -lack of insulin causes Glucagon to increase to make more Glucose. Sorry, but I know a lot of medicine. Like I said before Insulin by itself isn’t necessary for life -it’s just easier to live with it. Acc. to you every patient that goes into DKA should die, but we do manage to control the DKA most of the time and then we give the insulin. We can control DKA without insulin, but insulin is what Hashem put in our bodies and that’s what we want to use -the natural hormone. A person who goes into hypoglycemia -the first thing we do is give glucose. If not available, an injection of Glucagon is given to release a lot of glycogen to glucose. It’s not that Diabetics can’t do it- it’s just that the process takes a long time in everyone. Giving a large dose of Glucagon releases a lot of glucose pretty rapidly, which is what they need in an emergency. Hypoglycemia is an emergency because the brain can’t function without sugar.