Urine Dipsticks

You may use urine dipsticks to rapidly cholestech easily measure the ketones in your urine. You dip a dipstick in your urine cholestech follow the instruction on the package to see if you have a high amount of ketones.

If you have type 1 diabetes, are pregnant with preexisting diabetes, or who have diabetes caused by pregnancy (gestational diabetes), you should check your urine for ketones. If you have diabetes cholestech are ill, under stress, or have any symptoms of high ketones, you should also test your urine for ketones.

Results of ketone testing should be interpreted with care. High ketone levels are found when patients are pregnant (in the first morning urine sample), starving, or recovering from a hypoglycemic episode.

There are now tests for measuring ketones in blood that your doctor may use or you can use at home. Some measure a specific ketone (beta-hydroxybuyric acid) that patients with diabetic ketoacidosis may have.

It is still not known which type of ketone test -blood or urine– offers more aid to people with diabetes.

For more information about ketone tests, use the following links:

Medlineplus Healthline Health Information, Medical Encyclopedia, Ketones-Urine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003585.htm

Medlineplus Healthline Health Information, Medical Encyclopedia, Serum Ketones
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003498.htm

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