Ketoacidosis

IDDM patients could not suppress glucagon secretion despite high blood sugar level. The inappropriately increased glucagons levels exacerbate the metabolic defects. One of the most recognizable effect of this metabolic imbalance would be diabetic ketoacidosis in the absence of insulin secretion. Besides the impaired insulin secretion, there is also a defect in the…

be utilised in insulin-dependent tissues such as muscle and adipose tissue. This means the body has to use energy from fatty acids in adipose tissue. The fatty acids travel to the liver and are converted to ketoacids, in turn potentially causing ketoacidosis, which can be life…

Diabetes Mellitus Type One Diabetes mellitus type one (DMT1) is a chronic disease in which the affected individual is unable to produce insulin. This is just one form of diabetes, another is the commonly known type two diabetes. Type two diabetes is a chronic disease in which the individual’s body becomes resistant to insulin, or the ability to produce insulin is impaired. Type two diabetes is not as severe as type one, but is still able to be dangerous when left untreated. Another type of…

Type One Diabetes Cause and Effect I. Introduction: Diabetes is a growing problem in the world, in just 2012 almost 29.1 million Americans were diagnosed with diabetes. Then almost 8.1 million were undiagnosed! Numbers these days are only increasing too. In the United States alone, diabetes is the seventh cause of death. (American Diabetes Association) II. Causes (Use as many as your topic discusses.) A. “Body does not produce insulin. The body breaks down the sugars and starches you eat into a…

There are a number of familial health issues that run on both of my parents ' sides of my family. On my mother 's side cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure, and diabetes seem to be common issues. On my dad 's side cardiovascular disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and gout are prevalent ( records on my dad 's side of the family only go up to my grandparents due to lack of clear records) My grandfather (dad 's side)also passed away from an aneurysm, but…

calories in. You can find individuals that fear that a ketogenic diet plan may be unhealthy. Actually, they are safe; the issue seems to be that a few people get mixed up relating to the words "ketoacidsosis" and "ketogenic". In fact, the word "ketoacidosis" refers to a rather dangerous issue diabetics may suffer from, where their blood sugar level swings way…

After conducting some medical tests and evaluation, I talk to Mr. Jones, a husband’s patient who currently has surgical repair of her left femur. I told him that she had comminuted fracture of epiphyseal plate; it means in the region of bone growth in her left thigh has been broken into pieces due to the previous accident. Because the calcification in her bone is less than normal, which is called osteopenia; it made the fracture was even easier. In addition, she had injury in both syndesmoses,…

Difference and Similarities of Lantus and Levemir Lantus and Levemir are the type of long-acting insulin which is injectable and used in the treatment of diabetes. They can be used by both children and adults. Human insulin is made up of amino acid chains, A and B. Insulin is produced naturally in the body by the pancreas. It converts tissues in the bloodstream into energy which we use daily. With no insulin in the torso, the sugar levels will become dangerously high and out of balance. Hence,…

My dad had ran out of insulin for the night before and went into diabetic ketoacidosis. Diabetic Ketoacidosis means that his body started to produce high levels of blood sugars resulting in a very high blood sugar number. My mom had noticed that morning, my dad was acting extremely funny. A man that is very independent and never sick a day in…

receiving enough glucose. This is the body’s natural response to a very low carb intake and also happens during starvation. This is NOT to be confused with ketoacidosis, which is something that only happens in uncontrolled diabetes (mainly type I) and involves the bloodstream being flooded with glucose and ketone bodies in extremely large amounts. Ketoacidosis is dangerous, that’s true. But that simply has NOTHING to do with low-carb diets. The metabolic state of ketosis has been proven to be…