The Los Angeles Country Coroner announced that Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson died from diabetes. The cause of death was reported to be 'Diabetic Ketoacidosis' and the manner of death was natural. Diabetes is a disease that often can be controlled with proper care, but reportedly Johnson had not been adhering to her program of medication and exercise.
Casey Johnson, 30, was found dead in her Hollywood home on January 5, 2010. Johnson lived the life of a Hollywood socialite and was close friends with hotel heiress Paris Hilton. Johnson had become engaged to bisexual reality TV star Tila Tequila.
Casey Johnson was diagnosed with diabetes as a child, but reportedly had not been following her program of insulin, medication and exercise needed to control the disease.
According to the National Institute of Health (NIH), diabetic ketoacidosis is a complication of diabetes that occurs when a body cannot use sugar (glucose) as a fuel source because the body either has no insulin or not enough insulin, and fat is used instead. This causes byproducts of the fat breakdown, called ketones, to build up in the body. In high levels the acids called ketones build up in the blood and urine. High levels of ketones are poisonous, a condition called ketoacidosis.
Symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis are deep and rapid breathing, dry skin and mouth, flushed face, fruity breath odor, nausea and vomiting and stomach pan. Additional symptoms include fatigue, frequent urination or thirst, mental stupor, coma, muscle stiffness, shortness of breath, abdominal pain, trouble breathing while lying down, decreased appetite, decreased consciousness and headache. Untreated, diabetic ketoacidosis can lead to other complications, including heart attack, fluid buildup in the brain, renal failure and death.
The announcement of Casey Johnson's autopsy results was on February 4, 2010, the same day that the L.A. Coroner had pronounced that actress Brittany Murphy had died of a combination of pneumonia, iron deficiency and multiple drug intoxication.
Written by Christine Nyholm
HULIQ.com
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