Question

Hypotension, failure to thrive, weight loss, and weakness. Her laboratory results reveal hyperkalemia, fasting hypoglycemia, and metabolic acidosis.
1. What is the diagnosis?2. Whar is the treatment?3. overview on the diagno

Answer 1

Answer

Diabetes mellitus with lower food intake

Explanation

In diabetes mellitus hyperkalemia is produced by hiperosmolarity provoked by the excess of potasium and the lack of insuline in the blood stream.

Hypoglicemia in diabetes mellitus could be because avoid food intake for example.

Metabolic acidosis or cetoacidosis is produced when less Acetil-CoA enter to citric acid cycle becuase low availability of glucose metabolism products. Then more acetoacetate is formed in the liver

The capacity to oxidize cetone compounds is overpassed accumulating in the blood stream. Two of the three cetonic bodies: acetoacetate and hydroxybutirate β are acid  derivates dropping the pH of the blood thus metabolic acidosis.

Treatment.

Insulin