Seeded on Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:21 AM EST (Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Diabetes ketones, diabetes )
Diabetic Ketoacidosis-Diabetes Ketones results from a lack of insulin. In practice it is usually due to: stopping insulin or reducing the dose either in error or deliberately, resistance to insulin during infections or other intercurrent illness, the unrecognised onset of Type 1 diabetes. The clinical onset of ketoacidosis occurs over hours or days. Symptoms of uncontrolled diabetes are always present.