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A member asked:
Could you please explain to me why type 2 diabetics don't get acidosis where as type 1 diabetics do?
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Resistance vs nothin: Patients with type 2 dm still make insulin, enough to avoid DKA even when in poor control. However, if control is bad enough, even a patient with type 2 can occasionally get DKA once beta islet cells are spent. Those with type 1 essentially make no insulin, unlike patients with type 2.
Answered 6/10/2014
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