# Diagnosis: DKA in the emergency room

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/diagnosis-dka-in-the-emergency-room/659>\
**Category:** My Story\
**Tags:** cwd, type-1, preteen, warning-signs, diagnosis-story\
**Created:** [April 28, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/diagnosis-dka-in-the-emergency-room/659 "2017-04-28T23:03:14Z")\
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My understanding is that it is one of three things or a combination of the three. It “could be” either genetics, environmental factors OR the bodies reaction to some previous illness that causes the onset. OR a combination of the three…but since science has definitively proven any of these, no one is totally certain.

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