describe ktones effect on diabetics?

Answer 1

Ketoacidosis (body has given up trying to use glucose) is very serious. It first starts off as extreme thirst, no energy, sick feeling constant urination. It will progress to a point where nothing will stay in your stomach, not even water. Dehydration and coma followed by death.

Answer 2

The presence of ketones in the bloodstream is a common complication of diabetes, which if left untreated can lead to ketoacidosis.

Ketones are an acid remaining when the body burns its own fat. When the body cannot get enough glucose from the blood to use as energy.

If the body cannot burn sugar, it will burn stored fat, and ketone build up will begin.

When ketone levels become too high, the risk of ketoacidosis is raised, and this emergency condition can lead to coma and even death in serious cases.

Answer 3

Ketones are produced when the body burns fat for energy or fuel. They are also produced when you lose weight or there is not enough insulin to help your body use sugar for energy. Without enough insulin, glucose builds up in the blood. Since the body is unable to use glucose for energy, it breaks down fat instead. When this occurs, ketones form in the blood and spill into the urine. These ketones can make you very sick.


A ketone test checks for ketones in your blood or urine. Ketones are substances that are made when the body breaks down fat for energy. Normally, your body gets the energy it needs from carbohydrate in your diet. However, stored fat is broken down and ketones are made if your diet does not contain enough carbohydrate to supply the body with sugar (glucose) for energy or if your body cannot use blood sugar (glucose) properly.

Newer home blood sugar meters can also measure ketones. Home urine tests to measure ketones are available.