diabetic high ketones and throwin up?!


Question: Diabetic high ketones and throwin up?
hi i am a type one diabetic and i have the biggest ketones. help i feel so sick. my sugar is 439. I was wondering if you know any extra tricks that stop the vomiting? i know to drink water.

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I am assuming that you know that this is very serious. If you know you are diabetic and have checked you blood sugar with your glucose meter, it probably means you have a doctor and know all this. You said you know to drink water. That is good. Just drink LOTS and LOTS. Diet Sprite (Sprite Zero) sometimes helps. The clearer the liquid, the better. You might even try Poweraide zero or Gatoraide zero. The ones with no sugar or carbohydrates. Stay as immobile as possible. Lay on the couch or in bed or relax in a chair. When you blood sugar gets so high, physical exercise makes it go higher. (Weird how it makes it go lower if you're under 250) Peppermint help a little with the nausea but its candy, so that's out. If you're not going to the ER, drink, drink, drink. Nothing with carbs or sugar. The clearer the better.

Diabetic of 25 yrs.



You need insulin now. Your blood sugar is out of control. This is what is causing the vomiting and high ketones.

If you don't have insulin, go to the emergency room. Vomiting is the first sign from your brain that your sugar is too high. You next signal from your brain will be unconsciousness and death. This is not a joke. You need to get your blood sugar under control before you die of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA).

After this emergency is handled, call your doctor. You need someone to teach you how to control your blood sugar better and teach you why DKA is a medical emergency.



Well- you look- I mean sound- like being on the brink of diabetic ketoacidosis(DKA)- which is a heavy-duty medical emergency - therefore admission to hospital and immediate insulin treatment with monitoring of blood sugar level and some other blood tests are mandatory and are to be life-saving...Please get to the nearest emergency room- ASAP ...''tricks'' are either irrelevant or criminally-harmful... it's just about your life being in jeopardy!

I am a Family Physician-living and working in Israel...get professional medical aid with no delay and may God bless you...good health...



The vomiting will not stop until the ketones are gone - you should already know this. Large ketones are a medical emergency and you should have someone take you to the hospital.
This is very basic and very important diabetes knowledge and it is concerning that you are looking for "tricks" to treat a medical emergency.



If you have the biggest ketones, you need to get to the ER. The vomiting won't stop till you get all the ketones out of your body. As soon as you get ketones over small, you need to follow the diabetes sick day rules.

I hope this helps!




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