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Alcoholic ketoacidosis - Symptom

Alternative Names

Ketoacidosis - alcoholic

Symptoms:

  • Fatigue
  • Slow, sluggish, lethargic movement
  • Breathing difficulty leading, when untreated, to an abnormal breathing pattern
  • Irregular deep, rapid breathing (Kussmaul's sign)
  • Loss of appetite
  • Nausea and vomiting
  • Abdominal pain
  • Symptoms of dehydration, such as dizziness and light-headedness
  • Confusion
  • Agitation
  • Changes in mental activity leading to loss of consciousness

Signs and tests:

  • Reviewed last on: 6/17/2007
  • Benjamin W. Van Voorhees, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Psychiatry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.