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<blockquote data-quote="catapillar" data-source="post: 1608383" data-attributes="member: 32394"><p>Euglycaemic DKA is basically a complication risk for those taking SGLT2 inhibitors. These drugs are an oral medication for type 2 diabetes (although they can be off licence prescribed to type 1s) they work by making your kidneys pee out excess sugar so keep blood sugar levels down, but if you don't have enough insulin then the blood sugar being down won't stop your body trying to get fuel from your body fat and making ketones when trying to burn it, which will turn your blood acidic.</p><p></p><p>If you aren't taking SGLT2 inhibitors, you don't need to worry about euglycaemic DKA. I think it can also happen when severely dehydrated.</p><p></p><p>If you are low carbing and in ketosis then you don't have DKA. The presence of ketones and the presence of diabetic ketoacidosis are two entirely different things. You will have nutritional ketones. These are different from ketones caused by a lack of insulin. And you tell the difference by checking your blood sugar.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catapillar, post: 1608383, member: 32394"] Euglycaemic DKA is basically a complication risk for those taking SGLT2 inhibitors. These drugs are an oral medication for type 2 diabetes (although they can be off licence prescribed to type 1s) they work by making your kidneys pee out excess sugar so keep blood sugar levels down, but if you don't have enough insulin then the blood sugar being down won't stop your body trying to get fuel from your body fat and making ketones when trying to burn it, which will turn your blood acidic. If you aren't taking SGLT2 inhibitors, you don't need to worry about euglycaemic DKA. I think it can also happen when severely dehydrated. If you are low carbing and in ketosis then you don't have DKA. The presence of ketones and the presence of diabetic ketoacidosis are two entirely different things. You will have nutritional ketones. These are different from ketones caused by a lack of insulin. And you tell the difference by checking your blood sugar. [/QUOTE]
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