CONTINUOUS KETONE MONITORING "THE NEXT STEP" FOR TYPE 1 DIABETES

[Northerner]

DRWF Research Advisory Board member Professor Ketan Dhatariya makes prediction for future of diabetes care at Advanced Technologies and Treatments for Diabetes (ATTD) conference.​

The benefits of continuous ketone monitoring have been described as playing a key role in the future of type 1 diabetes management at a recent conference presentation.

Professor Ketan Dhatariya, Consultant in Diabetes, Endocrinology and General Medicine at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and member of the DRWF Research Advisory Board, discussed the latest technology in a presentation at the 16th International Conference on Advanced Technologies and Treatments for Diabetes (ATTD) held from 22nd-25th February in Berlin, Germany and as a virtual event online.

Continuous ketone monitoring for type 1 diabetes - Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation

The benefits of continuous ketone monitoring have been described as playing a key role in the future of type 1 diabetes management.

www.drwf.org.uk

 

[SB2015]

Thanks @Northerner.
An interesting article.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

I hardly ever seem to make ketones at much more than trace levels.

 

[trophywench]

I hardly ever seem to make ketones at much more than trace levels.

Nor me!

 

[Northerner]

I hardly ever seem to make ketones at much more than trace levels.

It would be useful to be able to slap one on when I'm ill, which I rarely am, because you can get through the test stips at an alarming rate 😱 🙂

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

It would be useful to be able to slap one on when I'm ill, which I rarely am, because you can get through the test stips at an alarming rate 😱 🙂

And at £2.50 a pop! 😱 😱 😱

I still only have wee sticks, because chances are blood strips would be out of date before I needed to check for ketones and it seems such a waste!

 

[Northerner]

And at £2.50 a pop! 😱 😱 😱

I still only have wee sticks, because chances are blood strips would be out of date before I needed to check for ketones and it seems such a waste!

I've always used out-of-date strips, through necessity 😱 Not sure which provides least reliable information - wee sticks or OOD blood strips 😱

 

[Satan’s little helper]

I've always used out-of-date strips, through necessity 😱 Not sure which provides least reliable information - wee sticks or OOD blood strips 😱

Hello,

Thanks for sharing the development in the sensor.
Looks like a a normal sensor with the additional ability for reading ketones?

Logically wee tests for ketones to my mind would be the least reliable info. The bladder being a “holding tank” prior to evacuation, could probably build up a concentration on what’s to go.”

I’ve still no idea how ketones could reflect in interstitial fluid? But I did find this. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9146213/

Looks like they were testing fasting animals. (Nutritional ketosis?)

Looks like another one for the non-D “bio hackers.” Market. I’ve seen a fair few vlogs from these guys concerning BG levels & performance. (Fuelling & suchlike.) interesting, to say the least.

 

[Lucyr]

And at £2.50 a pop! 😱 😱 😱

I still only have wee sticks, because chances are blood strips would be out of date before I needed to check for ketones and it seems such a waste!

Once opened the urine sticks are only good for 3 months too so rare to use up the whole pot.

I make urine ketones easily when high or ill, but don’t seem to make blood ketones, which is confusing though I don’t have blood strips I’ve only had them tested in hospital

 

[nonethewiser]

Can see usefulness of device when poorly, no doubt about that.

Though even when poorly & tested for ketones nothing ever shows up, can't recall last time I tested & likely strips are well out of date now.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

I've always used out-of-date strips, through necessity 😱 Not sure which provides least reliable information - wee sticks or OOD blood strips 😱

Once opened the urine sticks are only good for 3 months too so rare to use up the whole pot.

I thought it was 6 months? I must go and check. Still means I only ever use 4-5 strips out of the 50. But they don't supply them in smaller quantities.

EDIT: My current pot (Ketostix) says 'use within 6 months from first opening'. Underlines the importance of checking on different pots I guess if some brands are only 3 months 😱

 

[Northerner]

Another reason for me preferring blood strips is because when I have been really ill I've been unable to even sip water, let alone drink plenty of it, without being sick, so difficult to build up the necessary head of pressure in my bladder... 😱 🙂 Blood strips are around 2 years, I think. I've always thought they are a lot cheaper than a hospital trip with DKA so feel less guilty about the cost to NHS 🙂

 

[nonethewiser]

Another reason for me preferring blood strips is because when I have been really ill I've been unable to even sip water, let alone drink plenty of it, without being sick, so difficult to build up the necessary head of pressure in my bladder... 😱 🙂 Blood strips are around 2 years, I think. I've always thought they are a lot cheaper than a hospital trip with DKA so feel less guilty about the cost to NHS 🙂

Same here Northie, that was actually my argument to gp to make change from urine to blood strips. Also depending on illness you might not be able to get out of bed to go to toilet.