'When She Was Taken to Hospital the Damage Had Already Been Done' ; On Christmas Day Last Year, Peter Williams' Wife Margaret Slipped Into a Rare Diabetic Coma Hours After Happily Chatting and Swapping Presents with Her Husband. The 49-Year-Old Suffered Severe Brain Damage and Now Lives in a Care Home, Reports Clare Hutchinson

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WHEN his wife was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes 18 months ago, Peter Williams knew exactly how to cope - the 50-year-old had lived with the condition himself for two decades.

With the exception of taking a couple of tablets and watching what she ate, Margaret, of Shotton, Flintshire, found she was able to carry on her life just as she had before.

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'When She Was Taken to Hospital the Damage Had Already Been Done' ; On Christmas Day Last Year, Peter Williams' Wife Margaret Slipped Into a Rare Diabetic Coma Hours After Happily Chatting and Swapping Presents with Her Husband. The 49-Year-Old Suffered Severe Brain Damage and Now Lives in a Care Home, Reports Clare Hutchinson

It was when she stopped eating after falling ill a few days before Christmas in 2009 that Margaret inadvertently put herself at risk of hypoglycaemia, otherwise known as low blood pressure.

Type 2 diabetes develops when the body can only make a small amount of insul...

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