Dangerous mmol levels

[Rollo]

Hi everyone it has been a long time since I have lasted posted on here.

What level mmol would need immediate medical assistance or does it vary person to person?


My last reading about a hour ago was at 32 mmol and one of my friends suggested that I phoned for an ambulance, but I don't feel like I am going to be passing out or anything.

Any advice?

 

[mikeydt1]

i asked my diabetic nurse about this as i was hitting 27 and she told anything from 30 and above. if you can call 111 for advice or if very worried then think about a+e

 

[Thebearcametoo]

Wash your hands well. Do another test. If you have a way to test your ketones do that too. If it’s still in that ballpark get seen.

 

[Inka]

Retest as suggested above but if you genuinely are 32 I’d be phoning for support. Please let us know how you are.

 

[SB2015]

Hi everyone it has been a long time since I have lasted posted on here.

What level mmol would need immediate medical assistance or does it vary person to person?


My last reading about a hour ago was at 32 mmol and one of my friends suggested that I phoned for an ambulance, but I don't feel like I am going to be passing out or anything.

Any advice?

Let us know how you get on with the help you sought.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Hi everyone it has been a long time since I have lasted posted on here.

What level mmol would need immediate medical assistance or does it vary person to person?


My last reading about a hour ago was at 32 mmol and one of my friends suggested that I phoned for an ambulance, but I don't feel like I am going to be passing out or anything.

Any advice?

I‘m not sure it’s a simple as a single number. In my first year on an insulin pump I has some infusion set failures which led to rapid forays into the 20s, and then back down in a few hours. I don‘t readily produce ketones, so I felt quite safe just to wait for it to resolve without feeling the need to call anyone.

But if those levels were maintained for any length of time, I would have been more worried.

What you need to work out, really, is what is causing those levels!