Is it because of the pH of the blood? What exactly happens to the brain during ketoacidosis. Help!
The mechanism that I have doesn't seem complete. I have tried many books.
I know that there will be an increase in ketone bodies, how the ketones are toxic and it decrease pH.
So? What exactly happens to the brain that causes coma? The answers I have found so far are so very vague.
Help!
2007-08-03 13:20:34 · 2 answers · asked by Fiffy Ferrari 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
its hard to explain. the bodies actual buffer system is not working, therefore throwing alot of things out of wack. the main buffer system affected is the respiratory. it shuts down in ketoacidosis causing a cease in breathing causing a cardiac problem causing the actual coma and if not artificially helped with the means of a respirator the pt dies.
2007-08-03 14:32:29 · answer #1 · answered by veronicawilliams1969 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The brain needs glucose and cannot function with ketone bodies as the only energy source. The person goes into coma in severe ketosis. This coma if mismanaged can be fatal. In recent years deaths due to diabetic ketoacidosis have almost disappeared.
2007-08-04 03:59:24 · answer #2 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋