What is urine ketone body positive?

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If the ketone body in urine is positive, there will be the following conditions: the first is diabetic patients, diabetic ketoacidosis will show strong urine ketone body positive, these patients should cause attention, it is easy to occur toxic coma, should take timely treatment measures; The second is hunger state, such as severe nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, long-term malnutrition or hunger for too long will also show fat metabolism, so show urine ketone body positive situation; Third, the patient showed a digestive absorption disorder, can not make full use of glucose as an energy source, will use fat decomposition to produce ketone bodies. Therefore, showed urine ketone body positive, to do the relevant examination to see the specific cause, and then symptomatic treatment.

What is urine ketone body positive?



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