Lucyr
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
If you need to test them then test them. If you don’t then don’t.General question,
What are the views on keytone testing?
Do you need to test them?
If you need to test them then test them. If you don’t then don’t.General question,
What are the views on keytone testing?
Then test them when you’re ill. If you’re on a very low carb diet though there won’t be any point.Only if Im ill, I think
Urine strips are very cheap it’s only blood strips that are expensiveI'm impressed you got a prescription for strips which I understand are expensive.
I have high blood pressure which is fully controlled by lorsartan.I'm impressed you got a prescription for strips which I understand are expensive. I went on dapaglifozin last September and was given ketostix. I've since discovered you can buy them cheaply without prescription. I have mixed feelings about dapaglifozin because I was eating between 100 and 120 carbs per day but wasn't able to find out how much I needed to up and because the more carbs I eat the more I want!
I lost a stone between diagnosis and going on medication and 2 further stone since. My bmi is now a healthy weight.
I have high blood pressure which is why it was chosen for its cardiovascular protection.
Not as accurate though apparentlyUrine strips are very cheap it’s only blood strips that are expensive
I didn’t comment on accuracy I was responding to the false claim on priceNot as accurate though apparently
Ah 🙂I didn’t comment on accuracy I was responding to the false claim on price
Like I said earlier though, if you’re eating very low carb then any type of ketone stick “to use when ill” is a waste of money. You won’t know that normally you have ketones because or your low carb diet, you’ll test when ill and see you have ketones, and then what is your plan?Ah 🙂
Why 1? A ketone value of 1 doesn’t require a call to 999 for a type 1 so can’t see why it would for a t2 on a low carb dietMy plan is simple, if the keytones are significantly raised ie above 1 which I did not have even when I was diagnosed then its a paramedic call.
I will only check when Ill
Why an ambulance though for ketone value of 1. Why not the regular advice for T1s of drink plenty or the logical t2 on low carb diet advice of have some carbs, or the sensible see if you have any signs of DKA, or call 111 / GP or drive or get a lift to a&e?1 To 1.5 is increased risk of DKA. I asked my endochrinologist about this and that was his view. Im just following his advice, feel free to differ.
I have exactly the same view. I didn't bother testing (had no method of doing so) for ~25 years and it never caused problems. I always have IoB, if I'm high I take insulin to correct it, there's little else to it as I'm MDII’ve always found it a bit of a waste of time to be honest, never tells us anything that we don’t know already, and any ketones which are present go away again as soon as the problem is resolved.
For a type 1, you only need to test for them if a) you have had very high blood sugars for several hours that are not coming down after insulin corrections, or b) if you are ill. Even then, if you are not eating much (e.g. if you have some sort of tummy bug) then you know you will have some ketones present because of not eating. For a type 2 I don’t know what situation would require it to be honest, maybe some type 2s will be along soon!