Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Kaiser Faces Claim of Different Diabetic Shock
A San Diego man says in court that he was shocked a blood-sugar kit he used on a "whim" gauged his glucose at more than 10 times the healthy level, since his doctors at Kaiser never said it had diagnosed him with diabetes two years previously.
"On February 1, 2011, plaintiff Jimmy Steen noted that he had an unquenchable thirst and was urinating more than usual," the complaint states. "On a whim, plaintiff Jimmy Steen decided to check his blood sugar with a friend's blood-sugar kit. It was then revealed to plaintiff Jimmy Steen that he had a blood sugar level of 505. This was the first notice plaintiff Jimmy Steen ever had that there was a problem with his blood sugar."
Doctors usually test for diabetes when blood-sugar levels exceed 200 mg per deciliter, according to the A.D.A.M Medical Encyclopedia.
But Steen says Kaiser never informed him during any of his regular checkups that his blood work revealed abnormalities.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/04/25/45940.htm
This one takes the biscuit! 😱 Poor man
A San Diego man says in court that he was shocked a blood-sugar kit he used on a "whim" gauged his glucose at more than 10 times the healthy level, since his doctors at Kaiser never said it had diagnosed him with diabetes two years previously.
"On February 1, 2011, plaintiff Jimmy Steen noted that he had an unquenchable thirst and was urinating more than usual," the complaint states. "On a whim, plaintiff Jimmy Steen decided to check his blood sugar with a friend's blood-sugar kit. It was then revealed to plaintiff Jimmy Steen that he had a blood sugar level of 505. This was the first notice plaintiff Jimmy Steen ever had that there was a problem with his blood sugar."
Doctors usually test for diabetes when blood-sugar levels exceed 200 mg per deciliter, according to the A.D.A.M Medical Encyclopedia.
But Steen says Kaiser never informed him during any of his regular checkups that his blood work revealed abnormalities.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/04/25/45940.htm
This one takes the biscuit! 😱 Poor man
