insulin reaction

British

noun

the condition in a diabetic resulting from an overdose of insulin, causing a sharp drop in the blood sugar level with tremor, profuse sweating, and convulsions See also hyperinsulinism

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Connor, in which a physical altercation took place between a man having an insulin reaction and police officers who assumed the man was drunk and attempted to arrest him.

From Salon

Common signs of hypoglycemia, also called an insulin reaction, include feeling hungry, dizzy, shaky or confused.

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She died from an insulin reaction in 2002, three months after her body rejected her donor organs.

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