Why diabetes produces ketone bodies

The production of ketone bodies in diabetics is usually associated with uncontrolled blood sugar and higher blood glucose in the body. Diabetes is a relatively common disease in endocrinology, mainly including type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes, which is characterized by a slow increase in glucose levels in the blood. Diabetic patients who usually do not have good control of blood glucose, higher blood glucose in the body, coupled with the patient’s own insulin insufficiency, can easily lead to accelerated lipolysis, thus producing a large number of fatty acids, and a large number of fatty acids into the liver oxidation of the ketone bodies produced after the concentration of ketone bodies inside the bloodstream is elevated, so that the patient will produce ketone bodies. In addition, other causes, such as starvation ketosis, alcoholic ketosis, etc. can also produce ketone bodies. Diabetic patients with high ketone bodies need to actively go to the hospital for further examination, to clarify the diagnosis, and under the guidance of the doctor to adopt the appropriate treatment program, so as not to affect the health of the body.