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However, when carbohydrates are unavailable (for example, in starvation) or can't to be used as an energy source (for example, in diabetes when there is insufficient insulin to create and...
Ketones may appear in the blood and urine due to starvation or because of a lack of insulin. The presence of ketones in the urine may be a warning of diabetic ketoacidosis.
Cachexia is not starvation; starvation may be part of cachexia and cachexia may result from starvation but they are different.
Because they are not able to eat, the pregnant woman can develop signs of starvation. This is shown by looking for the presence of substances called ketones in the urine (using a simple test ...
Health risks are caused by under-eating (starvation) and by the methods used to get rid of eaten food - being sick (vomiting), excess laxatives, etc.
It's absolutely not about being denied food and water so that we die of starvation, and it's not about hopelessness. It's about hope. But instead of hope being for a cure, hope be...
By restricting carbohydrates and fats, the diet mimics a state of starvation within the body. This forces the body to use fat stores as a source of energy. Ready to hit y...
Extreme dieting or even periods of complete starvation. Taking 'water' tablets (diuretics). Taking other medicines such as amfetamines (the street drug "speed" is an e...
Increased acid load Any cause of lactic acidosis - eg, heart failure, drugs or toxins, inborn errors of metabolism Ketoacidosis due to diabetes, starvation or alcohol excess Pare...
However, do not use diets that increase uric acid levels, such as high-protein diets or starvation diets. If you drink a lot of alcohol then it may help if you reduce the amount that you ...
Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) . Starvation: Not eating for prolonged periods (12-18 hours). Anorexia nervosa . Bulimia nervosa .
Protein-energy malnutrition is associated with keratomalacia - the diet is likely to be deficient in vitamin A, due to reduced intake, but starvation also affects the metabolism of vitamin ...
Prevention Public health education about the dangers of lathyrism is obviously important but the harsh reality is that people may face a choice between lathyrism or starvation . Food prep...
Complications of parenteral feeding Re-feeding syndrome During starvation, intracellular electrolyte stores, particularly phosphate, are depleted despite normal serum concentrations.
As the body tries to switch from catabolic (starvation mode) to using exogenous fuel sources, there is an increase in oxygen consumption, and increased respiratory and cardiac workload (may p...
Aspiration pneumonia is more likely in emergency surgery where you did not have a period of starvation to empty your stomach beforehand. It is an extremely serious condition which needs treat...
The flea dies of subsequent starvation as the bacteria in the stomach inhibits blood flow to the gut making them vomit when they eat.
Pregnancy: moderate to heavy physical work, severe maternal starvation, poor weight gain, high-altitude and maternal hypoxia, poor medical care. Maternal medical disorders - eg, asthma, cy...
Hormone deficiencies - eg, hypoadrenalism, hypopituitarism. Starvation. Factitious hypoglycaemia or self-induced hypoglycaemia. Insulinomas Insulinomas usually cause s...
Causes of a raised anion gap metabolic acidosis can be recalled using the 'MUDPILES' mnemonic (methanol, uraemia, DKA, paraldehyde, infection/ischaemia/isoniazid, lactic acidosis, ethylene gly...