Alcoholic Ketoacidosis

Alcoholic ketoacidosis is a metabolic disturbance that can appear after heavy alcohol consumption accompanied by fasting or vomiting, when the body accumulates ketone bodies and the body's acid balance is disturbed.

Common symptoms: It usually presents with nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, rapid and deep breathing and a feeling of marked weakness.

When to seek care immediately? Because it is a potentially serious condition, it requires urgent care when there is persistent vomiting, confusion or difficulty breathing.

Which specialist treats it? It is evaluated in the emergency department by the emergency physician and, in delicate cases, by the critical care and intensive care specialist. Faced with these signs, the prudent thing is to seek medical evaluation without waiting.