Sorry for your loss if you are experiencing this. I am guessing that there is no one answer for how any diabetic is affected by trauma/shock, since we are all individuals with our own specific circumstances. And, similar to high blood pressure, I think the important thing is to get the medical care you need to keep your diabetes controlled while coming to terms with the loss. Other than getting the medical care you need to keep to your diabetes under control, I also believe that talking with an ultra-supportive and gentle friend or a professional grief counselor about your loss helps diabetics and non-diabetics alike. And believe people often "go through the motions" after such an emotional shock and that kind of routine often feels soothing and serves a purpose.

It's especially important to do self-care when going through emotional trauma/shock and a major part of self-care is seeing a doc for help when needed. Best wishes to you, take care of your self.

I wasn't aware that "something sweet" was a treatment for shock (and would have to be at a hospital - the first aid treatment is to give them "nothing" to eat or drink

And shock is a "vascular event" - blood pressure goes (potentially) so low that it can cause vascular collapse and cell death due to lack of oxygen

I personally wasn't aware that blood sugar had anything to do with the treatment

But if it is standard or something then the Diabetic would just have to ride out the high - much the same way sometimes we need to take Steroids even though they really mess with blood sugar

You "treat the acute" even it means it is detrimental to the chronic disease (and that applies more widely than diabetes)

Hi as Becky mentioned each one of us are different. I was was traumatized when my husband suddenly passed away, I reached the hospital ten minutes after he passed. Whatever transpired after that, I was not aware of, I just went into shock. I found it difficult to swallow even a small portion of food. That night was extremely difficult for me thankfully my niece (whose a doctor) attended to me and eventually gave me something to fall asleep. I was not well for quite a while. It's that much more difficult for diabetics because when traumatized we cannot eat. After three years I very slowly coped from the depression and trauma. Tc