Why Tachycardia Happens In Ketoacidosis?
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis
- What Is It? & Symptoms
- Diagnosis & Expected Duration
- Prevention & Treatment
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What Is It?
Diabetic ketoacidosis is a potentially fatal complication of diabetes that occurs when insulin levels are far lower than what your body needs. This problem causes the blood to become acidic, and the body to become dangerously dehydrated.
To understand this illness, you need to understand the way your body powers itself with sugar and other fuels. Foods we eat are broken down by the body, and much of what we eat becomes glucose (a type of sugar), which enters the bloodstream. Insulin...
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Tachycardia
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
The heart normally beats at a rate of about 60 to 100 beats per minute at rest. A rate faster than 100 beats a minute in an adult is called... Read more »
Alcoholic ketoacidosis
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Alcoholic ketoacidosis is the buildup of ketones in the blood. Ketones are a type of acid that form when the body breaks down fat for energy.The... Read more »
Diabetic ketoacidosis
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Diabetic ketoacidosis is a complication of diabetes that occurs when the body cannot use sugar (glucose) as a fuel source because the body has no... Read more »
Type 1 Diabetes Complications: Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Hypoglyc...
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Ventricular tachycardia
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Ventricular tachycardia (VT) is a rapid heartbeat that starts in the ventricles.Alternative NamesWide-complex tachycardia; V tach; Tachycardia -... Read more »
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