Answer:
TRUE as diabetic ketoacidosis
Explanation:
It is more common in individual with diabetes type 1, because they do not produce insulin than type 2 who produce Insulin.
The elevated acid is due to untreated diabetes, excess glucose is wasted in urine(polyuria), and dehydration sets in,because no insulin to facilitate glucose entry into cells through GLUT transporters. Elevated glucagon(in absence of Insulin) facilitated the breakdown of glycogen by the liver to glucose which is further excreted in the urine ( Glycogenlysis)
Therefore the body is depleted of glucose.To make up for this the body withdrawal free fatty acids from adipose tissues and break it down to glucose,(beta oxidation) in the liver(the process is called GLUCONEOGENESIS formation of glucose from non carbohydrate molecules).
The above produces KETONES in the body. Ketones has a very low pH;therefore building up of KETONES in the blood leads to KETOACIDOSIS.
