Patient's question:
Postprandial blood glucose for diabetes: 24. Blood ketones: 0.1. In this case, do you need to go to the hospital for intravenous infusion if blood ketones are high?Doctor's answer:
You have diabetes, and your post-meal blood sugar is 24, and your blood ketones are 0. In this situation, the blood ketones are not considered very high. Based on what you mentioned, under normal circumstances, the normal range for blood ketones is 10 mg/L to 60 mg/L (i.e., 0.1722 mmol/L to 1.0332 mmol/L). For your condition, it is recommended to take active measures to prevent the possibility of recurrent diabetic ketoacidosis. Wishing the patient a speedy recovery and good health!