Question 51 · LEK · Diabetology
While riding a bike, a teenage boy treated with insulin for type 1 diabetes suddenly felt weakness, heart palpitations and a tremor in his hands. What should he do first of all?
- A. give himself an additional dose of insulin.
- B. drink 200 mL of juice.
- C. go back home as quickly as possible.
- D. eat a ham sandwich.
- E. give himself glucagon intramuscularly.
Hint
Identify the acute complication in an insulin-treated boy during exercise and choose the quickest safe correction for a conscious patient.
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