If you or a loved one needs diabetic ketoacidosis treatment your blood sugar is completely out of control and off the charts high. There are several things that can cause ketoacidosis, and if you have diabetes it is important to understand the symptoms and warning signs of diabetic ketoacidosis, as this condition can be life threatening.

Treatment for diabetic ketoacidosis is necessary when the body is essentially using its own fat, muscle and organs as fuel (eating itself) due to insufficient nutrition, dehydration or illness of some sort. When this begins to happen the body turns these fuels into glucose and fatty acids. Since diabetics (especially type I diabetics) do not have insulin to metabolize the sugar and fatty acids, the blood sugar spikes significantly because these fatty acids are converted to ketones through a process known as oxidation.

When this happens, blood sugar levels spike astronomically causing diabetic ketoacidosis. …