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04-23-2008, 04:34 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Miami, Fl
Posts: 3,113
| | | Dka!!!!!
Hello everyone,
Well my upset stomach lead to DKA. I was let out of 1 ER with acetone in the urine and put back in another ER, 2 days later then, admitted for 2 days. I was soooo dizzy and dehydrated and felt awful!
In the 25 years of T1 I had never had DKA. Im better now, but what an experience. The doctor told me anything from bad meat to a virus can cause this. How true is this?
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04-23-2008, 05:31 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posts: 1,715
| | | Sorry to hear about your ER & Hospital visits, glad that you are better now. I can't answer your question, just wanted to give you a ((HUG)) after what you've been through.
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Diagnosed Type II on 26th November 2007
Metformin 500mg twice daily
Enap 5mg
Initial A1c (14th Dec07): 11.6%
15th Jan'08: 9% 
3rd March'08 6.8% 
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04-23-2008, 05:42 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 6,229
| | | Wow! I suppose a sudden acute illness can shoot your BGs way up. I've experienced similar with stomach flus.
A reminder not to take illness lightly.
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04-23-2008, 06:07 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rhode Island
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| | | (((HUG))) Hope you're feeling much better now that you're out of the hospital.
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04-23-2008, 02:18 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Posts: 1,844
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Originally Posted by Cinnabon  ... The doctor told me anything from bad meat to a virus can cause this. How true is this? | It makes sense when DKA is preceded by inadequate insulin. But an infection or a bug can also cause it, especially in children. I don't think the doctors really understand why this happens. Our daughter, Caroline had an infected injection site that caused her to be hospitalised with DKA. Glad to hear that you are better now. 
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04-23-2008, 05:00 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Kansas, US
Posts: 946
| | | I'm glad that you were able to avoid DKA for so long, and hope you needn't experience it again. I trust (and hope!) that you feel much better now...
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DXed 2007/04 = advanced-stage DKA, A1c of 12.9%, and BMI of 21.3
post-DX A1c = 5.4% @ 2008/07; 5.2% @ 2008/04; 5.3% @ 2007/12; 5.3% @ 2007/08
c-peptide = 0.0% @ 2008/07
current BMI = 26.0 (86kg on 182cm); want to get back to 23-24
basal = 2U human N @ 0630, 4U detemir @ 0630, 8U detemir @ 1130, 19U detemir @ 2030
bolus = 1:15 I:C ratio; varying mix of aspart, human R, human N
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04-24-2008, 05:47 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Derby,UK
Posts: 669
| | | yeah most illnesses can cause DKA or high blood sugar i was in ER last year with a stomach upset and got it (ok it wasn't helped by the docs not giving me ANY insulin for two days, but still..). Just remeber to give yourself more insulin when ill and drink lots and lots of water |
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