A woman affected by type I (insulin-dependent) diabetes miscalculates and injects herself with too much insulin. She soon begins to feel confused and sluggish. She calls for medical assistance and injects herself with the glucagon her doctor prescribed for such an emergency. When an ambulance arrives, she is given dextrose ( a sugar) intravenously. How did the excess insulin cause her symptoms. How did the glucagon injection and the intravenous sugar help reverse them?

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