what is the problem with high ketones please?No food will fix high ketones. Drink plenty of water and get it checked at a doctors or hospital. If ketones are high then you need to be getting it sorted quickly.
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hi Nicola, very good advice, when you say take more insulin, do you mean sick day rules with high BG and ketones, where the extra 20% of your total daily dose is taken and checked?I have had DKA 3 times and basically the best thing for you to do is avoid food for now as that can bring your sugars up but increase your insulin slightly and definitely drink plenty of water as that should hopefully flush out your ketones!! As long as you aren't being sick then A&E isn't a worry as of yet! BUT as soon as you start being sick get straight to A&E and don't eat or drink as you will just continuously throw it back up! Good Luck and hopefully you dont have to go to hospital x
Yes that is what I mean but like phoenix says everyone is different! That is just what my DSN told us all in Dafne but the main thing to do is go hospital especially if they are high!! And DO NOT SLEEPhi Nicola, very good advice, when you say take more insulin, do you mean sick day rules with high BG and ketones, where the extra 20% of your total daily dose is taken and checked?
https://www.google.com.au/#q=insulin 20% TDD ketones
You don't have ketones do you???ok thanks guys for that, so there isn't a standard response. that would make it harder to work out. let's hope I get my head around this before I'm on meds where I need to watch out.
Not always Jack... many use the newer meds..... but there are also pumps being developed that will just deliver a basal not bolus and be suitable for type 2s to use along with oral medsno, I'm still T2 on metformin at this stage, but it is progressive so I'm trying to learn stuff.
http://www.australianprescriber.com/magazine/27/4/93/6/
Almost all patients with type 2 diabetes will eventually fail to respond adequately to oral hypoglycaemic drugs and will require insulin therapy.