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Preventing Diabetic Coma

Health Encyclopedia: Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Alternative Names

DKA; Ketoacidosis; Diabetic coma

Prevention

Diabetics should learn to recognize the early warning signs and symptoms of ketoacidosis. Measurement of urine ketones in people with infections or people on insulin pump therapy can give more information than glucose measurements alone. Insulin pump users need to frequently check to see that insulin is still flowing through the tubing, and that no blockages, kinks, or disconnections have occurred.

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Expert & Community Posts

Commanding Telemedicine

By David Mendosa , Health Expert

...an ambulance. The ambulance people found her in a diabetic coma and revived her.More than 10,000... Read more »

Don't Blame Everything on Dementia

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...and get to an emergency room before I went into a diabetic coma. My husband took me... Read more »

Breastfeeding and Low Blood Sugar

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True Confession Time

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...bad that I was in extreme danger of going into a diabetic coma and dying or having a heart... Read more »

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Health Guide

Type 1 Diabetes Symptoms

...diabetes may also be restless, apathetic, and have trouble functioning at school. In severe cases, diabetic coma may be the first sign of type 1 diabetes. Read more »

Diabetes: Type 2: Emergency Complications

Emergency ComplicationsHypoglycemiaPeople with diabetes who need to intensively control glucose levels are at risk for low blood sugar (hypoglycemia). Hypoglycemia, also called insulin shock,... Read more »

Type 1 Diabetes Complications: Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Hypoglycemia

Life-Threatening ComplicationsDiabetic KetoacidosisDiabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a life-threatening complication that develops when insulin stores are depleted. It is almost always caused by... Read more »

Headaches: Cluster: Medications

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Cirrhosis: Complications

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Medications

Zyprexa Oral Precautions and Side Effects

...sugar can rarely cause serious conditions such as diabetic coma. Tell your doctor immediately if... Read more »

Risperdal Oral Precautions and Side Effects

...sugar can rarely cause serious conditions such as diabetic coma. Tell your doctor immediately if... Read more »

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