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Message: <blockquote data-quote="catapillar" data-source="post: 1581895" data-attributes="member: 32394">If you don't understand the sick day rules, you should discuss them with your DSN.<a href="http://www.leicestershirediabetes.org.uk/uploads//documents/Type1_Sickdays_LDC_JAN2015.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.leicestershirediabetes.org.uk/uploads//documents/Type1_Sickdays_LDC_JAN2015.pdf</a>If there is normal blood sugar and ketones I would be extremely cautious about giving 20% TDD to correct ketones as ketones can be caused by nothing to do with diabetes or blood sugar, they might just be caused by not having eaten many carbs that day or not having eaten. I think starvation ketones can happen relatively quickly in very young children. So if the ketones aren't caused by a lack of insulin then they don't need insulin to correct them.</blockquote>

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