These symptoms can be noticed as early as a couple of hours and up to several days.

Watch for:

• increased thrist and urination
• large amounts of sugar in the blood
• ketones in urine
• weakness, pains in stomach, aching all over
• heavy, laboured breathing
• loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting
• fatigue

What you can do:

• call your doctor or diabetes educator immediately
• take fluids without sugar to rid ketones in body, only if able to swallow
• test blood sugar frequently
• test urine for ketones

Causes:

• not enough insulin
• too much food
• infection, fever, illness
• emotional stress