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PTA Physical Therapy Assistant

Category - Diseases and Conditions

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You are treating a patient with knee pain. The patient also has diabetes. If the patient presents with signs of hypoglycemia, what is the first step of care to be given?

Provide sugar juice
Provide fiber food
Provide starch
None of the above

Explanation

Answer: A - Provide sugar juice if the patient presents with signs of hypoglycemia.

Hypoglycemia (Insulin shock) is a medical complication of diabetes in which there is not enough glucose in the blood with increased levels of insulin. In such cases, sugar food or beverage should be provided because it will immediately increases the sugar level in body. Fiber or starchy food takes time to reach the blood stream as glucose. Hence those should not be given.

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