In diabetic coma the essential disturbance in carbohydrate metabolism is due to the relative or absolute lack of insulin. Ketosis and ketonuria follow the failure to utilize sufficient ...

In today's world, Type 1 diabetes has emerged as a silent epidemic which has impacted many and could include the risk of coma. In India alone, 70% of the population suffers from uncontrolled blood ...

Every 7 in 10 individuals is known to have uncontrolled blood sugar levels and currently, diabetes is wreaking havoc on one’s health just like a heart attack or stroke. It has become a pandemic ...

1 These two conditions reach their most extreme states in the form of thyroid crisis and diabetic coma. The recent treatment of a case combining these two extremes has prompted the writing of this ...

As such, ketones can rise to dangerous levels quickly and result in diabetic coma or death. People without diabetes can tolerate certain levels of ketones in the blood, a state known as ketosis.