HHNKC is also known as diabetic hyperglycemic hyperosmolar coma (HHOC), hyperosmolar nonketotic coma (HONK), hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state (HHS) or hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketotic syndrome (HHNS). In HHNKC, blood sugar levels rise, and your body tries to get rid of the excess sugar by passing it into your urine.
Pressures sores result from the death (necrosis) of tissues due to local deprivation of blood supply, and thus of oxygen (ischemic necrosis). This is why tissue compression is the first clinical sign of pressure sores; it blocks the small blood vessels supplying tissues.
How Blood Pressure can Cause Headaches. Blood pressure is one of the three primary vital signs taken every time you visit your doctor. The blood pressure test measures how much pressure is put on your arterial walls when the heart beats (systolic pressure) and when it is at rest (diastolic pressure).