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A 37-year-old female asked:
What does ketones in urine mean? i don't have diabetes?
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Dr. Marsha Davisanswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
You are hungry: And have not eaten in a while and your body did not have enough glucose for fuel so it started breaking down fat cells to use for fuel. The result is formation of ketones
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A Verified Doctoranswered
30 years experience
No : A blood sugar of > 200 and urine containing glucose and ketones are essentially diagnostic in patients with mostly type 1 diabetes. However, anyone can have ketones in urine resulting from illness, prolonged fasting, or certain diets.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
What does it mean to have ketones in your urine?
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Dr. Gregory Haleanswered
Specializes in Nephrology and Dialysis
Dehydration: It is generally a sign of dehydration. If you have diabetes, it can be a sign of diabetic ketoacidosis (too high a sugar level). It can be present in alcoholics with poor nutrition recently (alcoholic keto-acidosis) and in people who have not eaten lately (starvation keto-acidosis).
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