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Revision as of 16:50, 2 April 2007
Diabetic coma is a medical emergency in which a person with diabetes loses consciousness because of one of the acute complications of diabetes:
- Severe hypoglycemia
- Advanced ketoacidosis from a combination of severe hyperglycemia, dehydration and shock, and exhaustion
- Hyperosmolar nonketotic state, in which extreme hyperglycemia and dehydration alone are enough to cause unconsciousness.