If a patient with type 1 diabetes mistakenly injects twice their prescribed insulin dose, which consequence follows?

💡 Explanation

A double dose of insulin triggers excessive glucose uptake by cells, primarily in muscle and adipose tissue, resulting in a rapid and severe drop in blood glucose levels, leading to hypoglycemia because of the increased glucose transport. Therefore, severe hypoglycemia occurs, rather than glycogen synthesis or immediate glucagon release, which are longer-term responses.

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