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Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Aug 24 2:09pm | Replies (18)
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If you can get him into a Mayo Endocrinologist, do it.
I was on prednisone for 3 1/2 years for Autoimmune.
Transitioned onto Hydrocortisone and one week later caught Covid. Was never told I needed ro increase Hydrocortisone if I got sick ( double/ triple dose). Nearly went into Adrenal Crisis due to lack of cortisol! Its equivalent to not giving a diabetic orange juice and insulin in an impending diabetic coma!😡
The ER missed it too so good luck with the bracelet.
Educate yourself and get a GOOD Endocrinologist.
Im trying to get into Mayo after this near disaster!
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Having diabetes for nearly 50 years I can say this about diabetic comas. I diabetic coma can happen for having too high a blood sugar which would require insulin. Or it could be from having too low a blood sugar which would respond to orange juice ( or some other form of carbohydrate or sugar). They are both dangerous situations that must be treated. But they are opposite ends of the spectrum and wouldn’t happen at the same time. The trick is monitoring blood sugar, finding the healthy targeted blood sugar range and the appropriate treatment to stay in that range.