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<blockquote data-quote="KK123" data-source="post: 2480642" data-attributes="member: 451727"><p>Hi, please let us know if you're ok, (when you can). Personally if my glucose level was reading 'hi' as in too high to even record, and I had ketones approaching 3, I would ring 111 as others have said, and if you don't get through fairly speedily, then I'd ring for an ambulance. The problem is your levels could be in the 30s, 40s or even higher and your ketones could be rising ever faster. As I'm sure you know the mix of the two can be very dangerous and it can happen quickly. On a course I went on they said the mantra was if your levels are over 13, check for ketones and if they are over 3, then it's 'A&E'. They kept repeating, 'Over 3, A&E'. They also said don't bother waiting to see if you're feeling any symptoms or don't want to bother anyone because you're feeling ok, the point of getting to A&E at an early stage as possible is to prevent full blown DKA.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KK123, post: 2480642, member: 451727"] Hi, please let us know if you're ok, (when you can). Personally if my glucose level was reading 'hi' as in too high to even record, and I had ketones approaching 3, I would ring 111 as others have said, and if you don't get through fairly speedily, then I'd ring for an ambulance. The problem is your levels could be in the 30s, 40s or even higher and your ketones could be rising ever faster. As I'm sure you know the mix of the two can be very dangerous and it can happen quickly. On a course I went on they said the mantra was if your levels are over 13, check for ketones and if they are over 3, then it's 'A&E'. They kept repeating, 'Over 3, A&E'. They also said don't bother waiting to see if you're feeling any symptoms or don't want to bother anyone because you're feeling ok, the point of getting to A&E at an early stage as possible is to prevent full blown DKA. [/QUOTE]
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