[Gumdrop]

Aren’t ketones a sign of very high blood sugar?

[JRandomFreeper]

I don't know. I know they have something to do with blood sugar, and are detectable with the standard equipment that is issued to catz at their enlistment. ;)

/johnny

[editor-surveyor]

>> “Aren’t ketones a sign of very high blood sugar?” <<

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No, ketosis is the state where the body metabolizes fats rather than glucose.
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[Lizavetta]

Aren’t ketones a sign of very high blood sugar?

Yes.

I have a type 1 who thankfully wakes up when she's low. One night I heard a banging in the kitchen. She was in there trying to feed herself, falling down, arms flailing and jerking, totally out of it. Stood up, fell down. Stood up, fell down. I got a banana and made her start taking bites, which she didn't want.

Her numbers were in the 30s. Turns out she had eaten a bedtime snack high enough in carbs that she needed to dose. And the insulin took her down in the middle of the night to very dangerous levels.

If I hadn't have been there and she could not get up off the floor to eat something she would have died.

And yes, I've read that dogs can smell when something's wrong with a diabetic.