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What Causes Death After Excess Sweating,shivering And Unconsciousness?
Hi my name is Zainab I have a question on how my mum died, she was sleeping when they woke her up to have lunch and she got up and walkedo the dinning room to wait for her lunch. By then the lady returned with her food she met her shaking and sweating. And my brother shuck her up and asked her what is wrong and she replied that she is just sleeping. All of a sudden she was sweating heavily and her body became excessively warm. she is hyperglycemic and hypertensive. she lost consciosness and after twenty minutes they conclude that she is dead.
Dear zainab I am very sorry for your huge loss.as you have described your mother was diabetic and hypertensive.you have not mentioned what treatment she was taking at that time.was there any diagnosed cardiac illness also or not.i would like to inform you that most probably she developed acute massive myocardial infarction or ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation these are abnormal rhythm from heart and are the cause of sudden death..diabetic patients are especially prone to have this type of arrhythmia . Usually most patients develop severe pain when have heart attack . But in diabetics massive heart attack may present with only sweating and extreme weakness and collapse . Hope this will help.
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What Causes Death After Excess Sweating,shivering And Unconsciousness?
Dear zainab I am very sorry for your huge loss.as you have described your mother was diabetic and hypertensive.you have not mentioned what treatment she was taking at that time.was there any diagnosed cardiac illness also or not.i would like to inform you that most probably she developed acute massive myocardial infarction or ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation these are abnormal rhythm from heart and are the cause of sudden death..diabetic patients are especially prone to have this type of arrhythmia . Usually most patients develop severe pain when have heart attack . But in diabetics massive heart attack may present with only sweating and extreme weakness and collapse . Hope this will help.