I went to clinic for anual pap and was told i have ketones in my urine. Retested 3 wks later, still there.?

Question

The clinic sent results to my obgyn but I have not heard from them. Looking on the internet none of the reasons for having ketones seem to be my problem. However have not been tested for diabetes. I will have health insurance in about 3 months so I would like to wait. I am afraid that if i do have diabetes the new insurance will not cover a preexisting condition. Do you know any other reason one might have ketones.?

Answer 1

Very excellently put by Linda M, Ketone bodies are a normal during diabetes, why? 'cause since sugar is not used as the main energy compound, fatty acids are up next and when they degrade they produce Acetoacetone, Ketone Bodies and Acetone.

Instead of filling your head with allot of mambo-jambo I'd rather ask you 2 things, Are you dieting, are you diabetic? if the answer of both questions is no, then you should comment this to your doctor ASAP since it might be related to several serious conditions

Answer 2

Ketones are the result of your body burning fat for fuel. It is because your body can't use the sugar it receives,because of lack of insulin. It is not a good sign,and you will continue to lose weight until you get medical attention. I am not a doctor,but I know a little about diabetes. I don't know of any other reason you could have ketones in your urine. Your new insurance will probably not cover this. I hope it will. Insurance companies tend to shy away from diabetics. I hope I am wrong in this. I hope there is an easier solution to your problem.I started dieting,and had ketones in my urine,but that's what I wanted. I lost 35 pounds.

Answer 3

i have had that. Not diabetic either. They have ketone test strips that you can but at Walgreens. About $8 for a bottle. I think there are about 60 to 100 in a bottle. Ketones also show up if you are dieting, tyring to loose wt or exercising now or have cut out many carbohydrates from your diet too. If it;s TRACE amts its no big deal, It's it's the dark purple color on the test strip - run to the Dr. if you're not doing anything tha I previously mentioned.

Answer 4

you should be tested. ketones, for a diabetic, is dangerous and can lead to diabetic coma. ketones usually means that your body is starving and you have high blood sugar. you might smell a bit sweet/acidic. you are probably eating and the glucose is not getting into your cells for some reason. your insulin is either not working properly or you are no longer producing insulin. waiting three months could be detrimental to your health. talk to a doctor who may be able to get your meds, for free, from the pharmacutical companies and may cut his fees. this is your health and you need to take action before your body pays the costs. high blood sugar is nothing to mess around with. do you want to live or die?

Answer 5

I had elevated ketones my entire pregnancies. I had gestational diabetes both times. The strongly elevated ketones baffled the doctors. They kept telling me I was starving myself and I was actually over eating.

Ketones means you are burning fat. The Atkins diet consists of getting your body to be in ketosis (ketones) to burn body fat.

Although my research told me that having ketones was very bad.

I survived though.

Answer 6

Could be you're starving yourself, but I'm sure you'd know that. If you've been fasting (purposefully or otherwise) it causes ketones to show up in urine.

Answer 7

Ketones are a product of fat break down. If you are low on sugar your body uses fat matabolism to replace the glucose it needs. Are you dieting?

Answer 8

drink lots of beer man..beer can dissolve stones..so your krtones dont stand a chance