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15.10.2017 | Case Report

A diabetic ketoacidosis in a context of hyperglycemia addiction

verfasst von: Guillaume Rousseau, Cristian Palmiere, Vincent Dupont, Marion Verschoore, Caroline Savary, Nathalie Jousset, Clotilde Rougé-Maillart

Erschienen in: International Journal of Legal Medicine | Ausgabe 3/2018

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Abstract

We herein present a case of a 20-year-old woman who suffered from type I diabetes mellitus and died from a diabetic ketoacidosis in a context of addiction to hyperglycemia. Diabetic ketoacidosis is a lethal complication of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, which can result from insulin therapy stoppage. This can occur voluntarily with suicidal intent or involuntarily due to treatment inaccessibility, forgotten injections, or material deficiency. A new possibility is investigated in our case study: hyperglycemia addiction. The patient was treated by insulin glargine and insulin aspartate. She regularly stopped insulin glargine injections seeking the asthenia sensation produced by hyperglycemia, keeping the insulin aspartate injections to treat the disabling symptom related to hyperketonemia.

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Titel: A diabetic ketoacidosis in a context of hyperglycemia addiction
verfasst von: Guillaume Rousseau
Cristian Palmiere
Vincent Dupont
Marion Verschoore
Caroline Savary
Nathalie Jousset
Clotilde Rougé-Maillart
Publikationsdatum: 15.10.2017
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in: International Journal of Legal Medicine / Ausgabe 3/2018
Print ISSN: 0937-9827
Elektronische ISSN: 1437-1596
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-017-1716-1

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