A 36-year-old man was on Sunday found dead with a blood glucose level 10 times the normal level, police said yesterday.
A battery of medical tests, made during the 30-minute attempt to resuscitate the man, whose name was withheld, revealed symptoms consistent with untreated diabetes and fatal renal failure, police said.
Medical staff allegedly found the man to have a blood glucose level of 1,000mg per deciliter (mg/dL) and a blood creatinine level of 6mg/dL — 10 and six times higher than that found in a healthy person, respectively.
A preliminary police investigation found that the deceased was employed at the Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park and had previously refused medical consultation for diabetes, even though a company-mandated health check showed that his blood glucose level was too high.
Several days prior to his death, he allegedly told his wife that he had no appetite, the police said.
The coroner ruled the cause of death as hypovolemic shock, consistent with the emergency room findings, police said.
Commenting on the case, Nan Men General Hospital Emergency Department doctor Wang Shao-ku (王少谷) said renal failure is the most common type of diseases caused by uncontrolled or poorly controlled diabetes.
Renal failure unhinges the body’s natural osmotic pressure, leading to the loss of acid-base homeostasis, he said, adding that since the body is no longer able to maintain the balance of electrolytes in the system, diabetic ketoacidosis occurs, possibly causing death.
Renal failure might lead to heart arrhythmia and heart failure, both of which can cause sudden death, he said, adding that a diabetic patient who do not control their blood glucose levels are at risk of renal failure, diabetic ketoacidosis and hypovolemic shock.
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