Ketones

[soulem]

Just been reading through my notes from today's consultant appt and surprised to see that I had +1 for protein and ketones detected in my urine sample!! They didn't even tell me!!!

I've never had ketones before and was wondering if someone can tell me what they usually mean?!?!?!?!

 

[smile]

usually means you skipped lunch but quite common in pregnancy as a normal finding

not significant unless you have lots of glucose - if you had lots of glucose it might suggest you were diabetic and if you were diabetic with lots of ketones it would suggest your body wasn't managing with the diabetes well and you needed to reduce your blood sugar urgently - that is why they check

1+ of protein and a few ketones is nothing to worry about

 

[soulem]

Thanks for that!! That is probably why they didn't make a fuss of it, still would have been nice for them to mention it and explain!!

Thanks again!!