What is urine ketone body positive 2+?

Ketone body is an intermediate metabolite of fat. If the sugar in the body is insufficient, or the human body's utilization of sugar shows a decline, it will accelerate the decomposition of fat, resulting in an increase in ketone body. The cause of the two plus signs in urine ketone body is physiological and pathological. Physiological reasons are more common in hunger, long-term malnutrition or recent eating of more high-fat foods, and easy urine ketone body shows two plus signs. This kind of situation pays attention to reasonable diet, most patients can be improved, do not need to do special treatment. Pathological reasons are more common in diabetic patients, this situation needs to go to the hospital endocrinology department in time for rehydration, blood sugar control and other treatment. If the treatment is not timely, it may cause diabetic ketoacidosis, and even cause coma.