What Is Insulin Shock Therapy?

Insulin shock therapy, also called insulin coma therapy, is a type of shock therapy. It flourished in the mid-1930s to the early 1950s. Because the curative effect is not better than that of psychotropic drugs, the operation technique is complicated, the treatment period is long, the cost is high, and serious or fatal complications may occur, resulting in fewer and fewer applications of this method.

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Insulin shock therapy, also called insulin coma therapy, is a type of shock therapy. It flourished in the mid-1930s to the early 1950s. Because the curative effect is not better than that of psychotropic drugs, the operation technique is complicated, the treatment period is long, the cost is high, and serious or fatal complications may occur, resulting in fewer and fewer applications of this method.

Chinese name

Insulin shock method

Alias

Insulin coma therapy

Belong to

Shock therapy

Features

Complex technology, long treatment period and expensive

Insulin therapy is a treatment method in which a certain amount of ordinary insulin is injected into a patient's muscles, which causes a series of hypoglycemic reactions in the body.

Epilepsy, persistent coma, secondary hypoglycemia or secondary coma, aspiration pneumonia heart failure, gastric bleeding or allergic reactions, etc.

In 1928, there was a doctor named Manfred Sakel in Australia. One day he was invited to treat a famous actress who had both diabetes and drug addiction, and was very confused. To treat diabetes, Secker gave her insulin, and after several doses, the doctor gradually increased the dose. The role of insulin is to lower blood sugar, but hypoglycemia will cause shock. This shock is called insulin shock, and the specific manifestation is systemic convulsions. One time the patient twitched after taking the medicine, and she was surprised that after the patient's shock, the symptoms of insanity were reduced.

Secker is a caring person, he decided to use a large dose of insulin in patients with schizophrenia, to see if this method is effective for the disease, this is a risky behavior, because too much insulin will make the patient die Kerr did so at the risk, and as a result, the condition of the schizophrenic patient improved, and insulin shock therapy was born. Because there was no better treatment for schizophrenia at the time, of course, doctors were very valuable for this, and soon there were many reports that insulin shock was an extremely effective method for treating schizophrenia. However, after many applications, people gradually realized that the short-term effect of insulin shock is more obvious, and from the long-term effect, it is not so satisfactory. In addition, although shock therapy can cure the disease, it also has its disadvantages. For example, in order to get the best results from insulin shock, a large dose of insulin is needed. However, a large dose of insulin can cause convulsions and coma. It is generally believed that the stronger the shock response, the better the effect, but the greater the possibility of endangering the patient's safety.