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<blockquote data-quote="ert" data-source="post: 2280860" data-attributes="member: 504712"><p>I'm sorry you haven't been well and you're finding it frustrating getting support from consultants. Your Hba1c below 42 is classified as normal, so you're doing amazingly well.</p><p></p><p>I don't understand how a GP could say someone 'probably' had DKA - it makes you critically ill as DKA is where your blood pH changes, and is life-threatening. Is this what you had rather than abnormal blood ketones? They treat DKA with insulin.</p><p></p><p> As new type 1, I walked into A & E after my blood ketones were over 5 mmol/L and rising, and I couldn't get my blood sugars below 15 mmol/L. But I wasn't in DKA and my blood pH wasn't tested. I just needed insulin from then on as my c-peptide supported absolute insulin deficiency at 0.078 nmol/L. My ketones cleared after the nurses gave me my first insulin injection. I've been on insulin ever since.</p><p></p><p>In type 2's DKA is usually triggered by prolonged uncontrolled blood sugar (which doesn't sound like you), missing doses of medicines, or a severe illness or infection. And other causes listed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/diabetic-ketoacidosis/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/diabetic-ketoacidosis/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ert, post: 2280860, member: 504712"] I'm sorry you haven't been well and you're finding it frustrating getting support from consultants. Your Hba1c below 42 is classified as normal, so you're doing amazingly well. I don't understand how a GP could say someone 'probably' had DKA - it makes you critically ill as DKA is where your blood pH changes, and is life-threatening. Is this what you had rather than abnormal blood ketones? They treat DKA with insulin. As new type 1, I walked into A & E after my blood ketones were over 5 mmol/L and rising, and I couldn't get my blood sugars below 15 mmol/L. But I wasn't in DKA and my blood pH wasn't tested. I just needed insulin from then on as my c-peptide supported absolute insulin deficiency at 0.078 nmol/L. My ketones cleared after the nurses gave me my first insulin injection. I've been on insulin ever since. In type 2's DKA is usually triggered by prolonged uncontrolled blood sugar (which doesn't sound like you), missing doses of medicines, or a severe illness or infection. And other causes listed here: [URL]https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/diabetic-ketoacidosis/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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