Blood work revealed that the patient had high blood glucose levels. However, ketoacidosis results when the body is "starving" for glucose. Why can these two conditions simultaneously exist in a diabetic patient?
a. The bacteria infecting his foot was metabolizing the glucose as they multiplied and worsened the infection
b. High blood glucose levels are a result of the protein metabolism breaking down the patient's muscles
c. The patient was not taking insulin, which means that the glucose in the bloodstream couldn't get into the patient's cells to be catabolized
d. The patient was primarily eating fats and proteins instead of carbohydrates, there was no dietary glucose to be recognized