What is the complication of diabetes with high blood sugar?

What is the complication of diabetes with high blood sugar?

• A. Diabetic Ketoacidosis
• B. Insulin Shock
• C. Toxidromes
• D. Neuromuscular Blockers

Answer: (A)

When blood glucose is very high in diabetes, the body can enter a dangerous crisis called diabetic ketoacidosis. Insulin deficiency means glucose can’t enter cells, so fat is broken down for energy. This fat breakdown produces ketone bodies, which accumulate and cause metabolic acidosis. The combination of severe hyperglycemia, dehydration from osmotic diuresis, and ketone-driven acidosis defines this emergency, making it the classic hyperglycemic complication. Insulin shock is a hypoglycemic state (low blood sugar), not high blood sugar. Toxidromes are patterns of poisoning, and neuromuscular blockers are drugs, not diabetic complications.

When blood glucose is very high in diabetes, the body can enter a dangerous crisis called diabetic ketoacidosis. Insulin deficiency means glucose can’t enter cells, so fat is broken down for energy. This fat breakdown produces ketone bodies, which accumulate and cause metabolic acidosis. The combination of severe hyperglycemia, dehydration from osmotic diuresis, and ketone-driven acidosis defines this emergency, making it the classic hyperglycemic complication. Insulin shock is a hypoglycemic state (low blood sugar), not high blood sugar. Toxidromes are patterns of poisoning, and neuromuscular blockers are drugs, not diabetic complications.