Ketoacidosis develop mainly in people with Type 1 diabetes.This disease is the result of persistently
high levels of blood sugar (hyperglycaemia).
Blood sugar builds up in the body as your cells cannot adsorb glucose for energy.The glucose not
available to the body , starts burning body fat as fuel, thus producing waste products called ketones.
This accumulation of ketones in the blood is known as ketosis.
When these ketone bodies are excerted in the urine the process is called ketonuria.The increase of ketones in the body over a course of some days leads to fluid being depleted from the body in the form of urine.This results in dehydration leading to the pH of the blood becoming acidic.The process
of ketoacidosis sets in. Unrecognised and untreated ketoacidosis can lead to coma and death.
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