I’m reading Tove Dietlevsen’s Dependence, and some time after she gets hospitalized for her painkiller addiction, she is given an insulin injection. What is the purpose? Is it the 1940s thing? Did it have something to do with the fact she had trouble eating?
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> other than for diabetes
Apparently it’s also used to treat hyperkalemia (high potassium levels).
> Did it have something to do with the fact she had trouble eating?
Low blood sugar does tend to make you feel hungry, so I could imagine that someone might have thought it was a good treatment for anorexia, but as far as I know it is not used for this today.
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