Diabetic Ketoacidosis

DKA is presented as a different physiological category rather than a more intense version of dietary ketosis. Diabetic ketoacidosis is a pathological condition associated with diabetes and is distinct from nutritional ketosis. The article rejects treating nutritional ketosis and diabetic ketoacidosis as the same condition. Diabetic ketoacidosis occurs when insulin is completely absent, allowing ketones to rise to 20–30 mmol/L. DKA causes cells to starve even when blood glucose is extremely high because insulin is absent. Diabetic ketoacidosis occurs when blood sugar rises very high but cannot be used properly by cells. DKA is always fatal without emergency intravenous insulin intervention, according to the article. In DKA, blood sugar rises into the several hundreds of mg/dL and patients may become unconscious. In diabetic ketoacidosis, ketone production and acidity rise dramatically.