Diabetes Basics
Diabetes Guide: What Is Diabetes Ketoacidosis?
Diabetic ketoacidosis is also known as DKA. Diabetic Ketoacidosis is not
triggered by itself. It is a consequence for an another diabetes. When
diabetes mellitus goes untreated, it takes the shape of Diabetic
ketoacidosis. If not taken care of properly, DKA can prove fatal to your
life.
In a nut shell, Diabetes Ketoacidosis can be linked to an
impaired glucose cycle that begins with the deficiency of the insulin
enzyme in your body. If your diabetes goes undiagnosed you can suffer
from this condition. And even if you are aware about your diabetic
condition but still not taking any proper medication, then no body can
stop you to fall in the trap of diabetic ketoacidosis. This form of
diabetes is so much dangerous that if kept unnoticed the morality rate
can be high as 100 percent.
It has been found that diabetic
Ketoacidosis mainly occurs with type 1 diabetes. The reason being the
fact that it is related to the circulating insulin disorder. On the
other hand, it is less common in type 2 diabetes patients because type 2
diabetes is related to the cells insensitivity to insulin and not to the
shortage of it.
Despite having high amount of glucose in the
blood, the liver in your body will behave in a way as if your body is
starving of glucose. In this case the liver will be forced to produce
another type of fuel to fulfill the metabolic functions of your body. As
a result the liver will be forced to use the body's triglycerides to
produce glucose. This glucose that will be produced will be used by the
brain to carry on the functions. In this whole process, ketone bodies
are produced as a by-product that help to process the fatty acids.
But
like any disease, diabetic Ketoacidosis does have a treatment to it. The
treatment mainly consists of the hydration process. Hydration lowers the
osmosis property of the blood while replacing the lost electrolytes in
it. In the process, insulin is also replaced which results in the
production of glucose and potassium in the cells.
But still,
prevention is better than cure. If you maintain a proper record of your
glucose levels in the blood, the chances of you suffering from this
disease remains bleak.