Are you leaving big gaps between eating? No food for 4hrs plus will start to produce ketones in anyone.Hello I'm 4 weeks since postive with Covid and while my blood sugar's are slowly improving I'm getting a rather weird problem. I'm testing my sugars at times and they're below 10 as low as 6 but seem to have ketones over 0.6. anyone else experienced this as to me I thought ketones had to accompany high glucose levels. Also this has been happening for the last week and still having some Covid related symtoms just to add. Thank you.
Didn't know that! At work I can go a long time sometimes without eatingAre you leaving big gaps between eating? No food for 4hrs plus will start to produce ketones in anyone.
I was told to follow the sick day rules due to potential long Covid and test for ketones at least once a day or if it goes over 11. Just thought I'd ask as the Diabetes team are hard to get in contact with at the moment.If your sugars are below 10, why are you still testing for ketones? I would have to be very poorly with consistently high levels to use my ketone strips. They are like gold dust.
COVID, long COVID and even the vaccine is for some causing lots of problems. Even a small snack every 4hrs, piece of cheese, one small spoon of plain yogurt would stop any ketones due to lack of food and if your basal is right you shouldn’t need to bolus for something small and very low carb. I have a problem with symptoms of DKA whenever I am ill and if am feeling too ill to eat properly my nurse tells me to follow this rule then there won’t be any confusion with any ketones when my blood sugar is high. Hope that helps and you are getting over COVIDI was told to follow the sick day rules due to potential long Covid and test for ketones at least once a day or if it goes over 11. Just thought I'd ask as the Diabetes team are hard to get in contact with at the moment.
Thank you very much that is genuinely very helpful advice! See how that goesCOVID, long COVID and even the vaccine is for some causing lots of problems. Even a small snack every 4hrs, piece of cheese, one small spoon of plain yogurt would stop any ketones due to lack of food and if your basal is right you shouldn’t need to bolus for something small and very low carb. I have a problem with symptoms of DKA whenever I am ill and if am feeling too ill to eat properly my nurse tells me to follow this rule then there won’t be any confusion with any ketones when my blood sugar is high. Hope that helps and you are getting over COVID
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