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TexasTowelie

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Sat Feb 4, 2017, 06:05 AM Feb 2017

Patients with type 1 diabetes may need to check ketones more often

Many people with type 1 diabetes don’t check frequently enough for buildup of ketones, acids that can cause serious damage to the kidneys and other organs, according to a U.S. study.

Ketone monitoring is particularly important when patients with type 1 diabetes are sick or have consistently high glucose levels, the authors write in Diabetes Care.

“Ketones occur when the body burns fat instead of using carbohydrates for fuel,” lead author Anastasia Albanese-O’Neill told Reuters Health by email.

“If high glucose levels and ketones remain untreated, there is an increased risk for a life-threatening condition called diabetic ketoacidosis, which requires hospitalization,” said Albanese-O’Neill, a pediatrics researcher at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

Read more: http://onlineathens.com/health/2017-01-28/patients-type-1-diabetes-may-need-check-ketones-more-often

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