Diabetic Coma-Causes,Symptoms and Management

Diabetic Coma usually is caused by:

• Severe diabetes
• Interaption of insulin therapy
• Stress in conditions as:

         -infections and severe exertion
         -trauma and operations
         -pregnancy and labour
         -severe vomiting and diarrhoea
         -starvation or excess intake of fats.

Symptoms:

• Air hunger,abdominal pain and vomiting
• Acetone odour in breath and ketone bodies in urine
• Dry tongue,dry cold skin,sunken eyes and weak,rapid pulse
• Confusion,stupor and then coma.

Management:
Imediatlly this symptoms occurs is necessary the hospitalization for measures to care the comatosed patient or insulin replacement,fluids replecement,monitoring potassium plasmalevels and necessary treatment.