If a non diabetic is injected with insulin, can they counter the effects by eating sweets?
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Well, it depends. I wouldn't put too much faith on Hollywood depictions of medicine, as it's much more likely to be shaped by what the director feels is dramatically correct rather than factually correct. However, to an extent, taking more sugar can reduce the effect that insulin would have on a person.
The function of insulin (and I'm oversimplifying here, it has other effects as well) is to direct the body to take sugar out of the bloodstream and put it into tissues, mostly muscle and fat tissue. This is a normal response to eating sugar, and healthy, the complete lack of insulin will, without treatment, cause a fairly quick death due to a condition called Ketoacidosis.
Now, if there is too much insulin (say, caused by injecting a large amount into someone) then they body will take too much sugar out of the bloodstream, which can cause hypoglycemia, which can lead to unconsciousness, seizures, coma, and death. So, if someone was injected with a large amount of insulin and then immediately put more sugar in the bloodstream, although a lot would be removed, the remainder might be enough to allow the person to stay in the normal range and escape the worst effects.
Now, this is the part that depends, what will happen will be determined be the amount of insulin and the amount of sugar, as well as how fast the sugar gets into the bloodstream. If you get injected with hundreds of units of insulin, taking a chocolate bar isn't going to do anything, you need IV sugar in sterile saline, and in large quantities immediately.
So would a scene like you're describing play out the way it did in the movie, probably not, but in principal it's not completely wrong, just mostly.
Why would anyone do that? Are you planning on experimenting on yourself or someone else? It might be probable but wouldn't want to be the one to test it.
yes, there is these sugar candy available in the supermarket.
No
insulin is used in non diabetic people for all sorts of other medical treatments (1) insulin increases the vascularization of areas adjacent to the injection; (2) zinc itself has the property of reducing pain messages from cut or injured nerve endings; (3) insulin at any physiological dosage improves glucose tolerance, and (4) both insulin and zinc increase cellular permeability. Two properties, increased
vascularization and increased cellular permeability, work together to permit faster exchange of toxins, nutrients and metabolic waste products.
The most dramatic and the most beneficial use of small doses of insulin is to accentuate healing. In dentistry I have noted post surgical healing occurring in about one-third the time usually required,
Im am diabetic if a normal person had insulin then eating any charbohydrate would do but using insulin could make there pancrius pack up too making them diabetic as well eventually.
Depends on whether it's a lethal dose or not. If not, then, yes... they can.
I don't think so. In fact, carbohydrates are more responsible for blood sugar than are sweets. Insulin, whether injected or produced by the pancreas, breaks down sugar in the blood so it can be used as nutrients. Call the International Diabetes Center (888-825-6315) for more information. (And don't be frivolous or play around with things you don't understand.)
Something like that can actually be fatal if the dose is not correct, and/or can lead to serious health issues if repeated over time. Never inject or take drugs that are not specifically prescribed by a physician for you or anyone. The person providing drugs to another individual can go to prison or face serious criminal charges, (Felony) for prescription drug transfer to another person.
If you're planning to kill somebody, you should know that injected insulin can be detected postmortem (c;
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