| ▲ | happyopossum 6 hours ago | |
Considering that DKA accounts for 160k hospital admissions a year, your lived experience translates poorly to such a flippant dismissal. [0] https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/about/diabetic-ketoacidosis.htm... | ||
| ▲ | cogman10 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
I agree, but there are a lot of factors going on to contribute to that number. For example, about 20% of that number is because someone is finding out for the first time they have T1D [1]. Insulin costs and monitoring costs are also going to be a pretty big contributing factor. CGMs and finger sticks aren't cheap. IDK how often it happens that ketoacidosis happens when glucose appears to be fine, I assume it's pretty rare. [1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016882272... | ||
| ▲ | crisnoble 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
A CGM that has ketone levels is quite literally pointless. If you have a CGM in the first place you would know if your sugars were high enough for long enough to get DKA. | ||
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| ▲ | badc0ffee 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
DKA is what killed the legendary Dan Kaminsky. | ||