Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
An inquest into the death of 22-year-old Mica Atkinson, who had type 1 diabetes, heard how she had five times the level of fatal ketones in her body.
Miss Atkinson, of Wasdale Close, Whitehaven, was found to have 12,600 micromoles of beta-hydroxybutyrate in her body ? a naturally occurring substance in the absence of insulin. Anything over 2,500 is potentially fatal.
The inquest heard how a build up of the substance can lead to the fatal condition diabetic ketoacidosis leading to sudden and unexpected death, particularly in the young.
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/t...ke-her-insulin-cumbria-inquest-told-1.1064260
Miss Atkinson, of Wasdale Close, Whitehaven, was found to have 12,600 micromoles of beta-hydroxybutyrate in her body ? a naturally occurring substance in the absence of insulin. Anything over 2,500 is potentially fatal.
The inquest heard how a build up of the substance can lead to the fatal condition diabetic ketoacidosis leading to sudden and unexpected death, particularly in the young.
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/t...ke-her-insulin-cumbria-inquest-told-1.1064260