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Checking for Keytones
When you finish the blood glucose check, record the results and use them to observe how diet, exercise and emotional state affect your glucose levels. Take a close look at your glucose levels for extreme highs and lows over several days in a row at the same time of day. If you are getting consistent highs or lows, you may need to notify your diabetic care routine. Meet and go over what is working and how to find more balanced glucose levels with your diabetes professional. Be patient and positive throughout the process. Work out a care plan with your physician or diabetes educator on how to keep each other up to date on date results and any necessary behavior modification. Ask your physician what range of blood glucose levels lie in before needing to report the results and seeking professional medical care.Educate yourself on what to expect and learn how to read and evaluate the results of the blood glucose check. Especially in the first couple of years, the patient will have to modify their diabetic care routine several times before coming up with a routine that consistently keeps their levels at normal levels. Remind yourself that any aberrant results do not indicate that you are not doing a good job at following your care plan properly. The results only show that you may need to make slight modifications to your diabetes care plan.
Checking Keytone Levels
You may need to test your keytone levels periodically. Keytones found in urine is an indicator that your body is burning fat instead of glucose for energy. This happens when there is not enough insulin available to use glucose for energy. Keytones in the urine is more common in type 1 diabetes.
Urine tests are easy to understand, but you must follow the instructions carefully to get accurate results. Make sure the strip is not outdated, read the directions that come with the strips, and go over the results with your diabetic care advisor.
Here's how most Keytone evaluating urine tests go.
- Fill a clean container with a sample of urine.
- Put the strips in the sample.
- Take the strip off and shake off any excess urine.
- Wait for the strip to turn into a different color.
- Compare the strips new color to the color chart on the strip bottle. Based on the new color, you will have an accurate reading of the amount of keytones in your urine.
- Document the results.
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