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<blockquote data-quote="kitedoc" data-source="post: 2090221" data-attributes="member: 468714"><p>From lots of reading of boichemistry texts, and education from sources such as Diabetes Australia and equivalent information via Disbetes UK, not as medical advice or opinion:</p><p>my reading about the changes that occur when the body is threatened by lack of insulin include ( to use a quaint quasi-scientific phrase i recall from a biochemistry lecturer years ago) the blood starts to turn into 'sugar and butter' - that is elevated glucose and ketones, the latter being the products of fat, being used as an alternative energy source because the lack of insulin prevents most cells in the body using glucose as fuel.</p><p>Loss of weight is also said to be due to loss of muscle mass as protein is also utilised for energy.</p><p>These changes also affect the balance of various salts in the body, salts which are responsible for things such as muscle contraction and thus balance, heart contractions, blood pressure and so on. Think about all the excess urine passed during the illness phase that allowed stacks of glucose and various salts to be lost from the body.</p><p>Increase in glucose levels can affect the shape of the lenses of the eyes also.</p><p>The reintroduction of insulin, albeit from an external source, leads to a need for the body to readjust - blood sugars and ketones, and the acidic effect of very high levels on the blood decrease, levels of various salts in blod and tissue are rearranged, the brain has to adjust to a return of the lenses of the eyes to their previous shape.</p><p>These changes are thought to explain the symptoms noted during this phase - aches and pains, blurred vision lasting weeks etc.</p><p>As long as bsls and ketones etc remain 'nearer to normal range') and the body intuitively eats food that helps readjust levels of various salts, protein etc and excess glucose is leached out of body tissues e.g. eye lenses, other tissues) the symptons of readjustment settle.</p><p>I hope that shows that what you have experienced so far is a common experience with a known mechanism and that with continued diet and insulin managment things resolve.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kitedoc, post: 2090221, member: 468714"] From lots of reading of boichemistry texts, and education from sources such as Diabetes Australia and equivalent information via Disbetes UK, not as medical advice or opinion: my reading about the changes that occur when the body is threatened by lack of insulin include ( to use a quaint quasi-scientific phrase i recall from a biochemistry lecturer years ago) the blood starts to turn into 'sugar and butter' - that is elevated glucose and ketones, the latter being the products of fat, being used as an alternative energy source because the lack of insulin prevents most cells in the body using glucose as fuel. Loss of weight is also said to be due to loss of muscle mass as protein is also utilised for energy. These changes also affect the balance of various salts in the body, salts which are responsible for things such as muscle contraction and thus balance, heart contractions, blood pressure and so on. Think about all the excess urine passed during the illness phase that allowed stacks of glucose and various salts to be lost from the body. Increase in glucose levels can affect the shape of the lenses of the eyes also. The reintroduction of insulin, albeit from an external source, leads to a need for the body to readjust - blood sugars and ketones, and the acidic effect of very high levels on the blood decrease, levels of various salts in blod and tissue are rearranged, the brain has to adjust to a return of the lenses of the eyes to their previous shape. These changes are thought to explain the symptoms noted during this phase - aches and pains, blurred vision lasting weeks etc. As long as bsls and ketones etc remain 'nearer to normal range') and the body intuitively eats food that helps readjust levels of various salts, protein etc and excess glucose is leached out of body tissues e.g. eye lenses, other tissues) the symptons of readjustment settle. I hope that shows that what you have experienced so far is a common experience with a known mechanism and that with continued diet and insulin managment things resolve. [/QUOTE]
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