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Hi everyone!
I was looking for some help and advice to clear up my confusion with ketones. For 3 days I had an upset stomach, I wasn't actually sick but did not feel like eating anything and was bed bound. I did monitor my blood sugar levels which remained in single figures at all times. On the third day I started to get a funny taste in my mouth - tested my ketones and they were 0.7. I forced down a cereal bar and drank a pint of fluid but half an hour later they were 0.9. I was panicing at this point as I ended up in DKA at diagnosis just under a year ago and haven't been unwell since then. I then drank two more pints of fluids and made myself two pieces of toast and took insulin for them as I know they were starvation ketones. I really, really did not want to eat anything and actually threw up not long after as a result of doing this. My ketones did drop down to 0.4 before I went to bed but what an ordeal!
So sorry for the long post! But basically, can you go in to DKA from starvation ketones with normal blood sugars? I can't imagine having a full blown sickness bug and forcing myself to eat during it in the future. Any advice is greatly appreciated! Thanks.
I was looking for some help and advice to clear up my confusion with ketones. For 3 days I had an upset stomach, I wasn't actually sick but did not feel like eating anything and was bed bound. I did monitor my blood sugar levels which remained in single figures at all times. On the third day I started to get a funny taste in my mouth - tested my ketones and they were 0.7. I forced down a cereal bar and drank a pint of fluid but half an hour later they were 0.9. I was panicing at this point as I ended up in DKA at diagnosis just under a year ago and haven't been unwell since then. I then drank two more pints of fluids and made myself two pieces of toast and took insulin for them as I know they were starvation ketones. I really, really did not want to eat anything and actually threw up not long after as a result of doing this. My ketones did drop down to 0.4 before I went to bed but what an ordeal!
So sorry for the long post! But basically, can you go in to DKA from starvation ketones with normal blood sugars? I can't imagine having a full blown sickness bug and forcing myself to eat during it in the future. Any advice is greatly appreciated! Thanks.
