When left untreated, diabetes can lead to long-term complications, including kidney failure and nerve damage.

If this is evident, or if test results are questionable or inconsistent with expected finding, confirm that the product is within its expiration date and is reacting properly using known negative and positive control materials. The determination of urinary pH has two main objectives, one is diagnostic and the other is therapeutic. Decreased reactivity may also be seen when formalin is used as a preservative or when the hypertension medication captopril or high concentration of nitrite are present. If ketones are found in the blood during pregnancy, it could mean gestational diabetes, a type of diabetes that only affects pregnant women.A blood test may be difficult if your veins are too small or scarred from repeated punctures or if you have an extreme fear of needles. When dipped in the urine sample, the color of the glucose reagent pad changes to reflect the glucose levels in the test sample 5. Urine undergoes many changes during states of disease or dysfunction before blood composition is altered to a significant extent. This enzyme catalyses the oxidation of glucose by atmospheric oxygen to form gluconic acid and hydrogen peroxide.

Automated readers of test strips also provide results using units from the International System of Units. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). An increase in fat metabolism can be the result of starvation or malabsorption, the inability to metabolize carbohydrates (as occurs, for example, in diabetes) or due to losses from frequent vomiting.The time taken for the appearance of the test results on the strip can vary from a few minutes after the test to 30 minutes after immersion of the strip in the urine (depending on the brand of product being used). Your doctor may want you to keep an eye on your ketone levels, so Multistix Urine Test Strips and other similar devices will likely be recommended for continued monitoring for diabetic ketoacidosis. Unfortunately, excess glucose in the blood cannot be used as an energy source for your body's cells and muscles.