Re: BHB monitor - Jenn?

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Janice

I find that a urine reading of 16 relates to BHB of 2+. My daughter does

best at 3.6 or above.

Jill

At 04:16 AM 10/22/02, you wrote:

>Hi Jenn,

>

>thanks, I found the Medisense monitor up here in Canada for

>measuring BHB in the blood. Now my question how does the 0-

>6 for BHB relate to the 0-16 for AHP.

>

>Janice (mom to Nicolas with the widely varying ketones)

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I found on ours that 4 is approx 16, 3 is 8, 2 is 4 etc. Still not

totally sure tho as Mike is only peeing once a day (sometimes if I am

really lucky I can get him to go twice) so we arent getting truely

accurate urine readings right now. I do know tho that when his BHB is 4

or higher he has no seizures (I think he does ok at around 3.6 and

higher but not when weaning then the seizures seem to come anyway unless

above 4)

I have the insert from the machine that tells approx what the different

numbers mean (what is moderate, high etc) but hubby is sleeping right

now. I can post when he wakes up.

Jenn

jansin62 wrote:

> Hi Jenn,

>

> thanks, I found the Medisense monitor up here in Canada for

> measuring BHB in the blood. Now my question how does the 0-

> 6 for BHB relate to the 0-16 for AHP.

>

> Janice (mom to Nicolas with the widely varying ketones)

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IN REGARD TO THE BLOOD KETONES

ACCORDING TO SOME OF THE CLINICS: OPTIMAL LEVELS ARE: 3.84-5.76 AND

ACCEPTABLE LEVELS: 3.05-3.61

AND THE LOWEST SHOULD BE OVER 2.0

THESE ARE MEASURED IN MMOL/L

OF COURSE WE ALL HAVE TO GO BY OUR CHILDREN

MY DAUGHTER DOES GOOD OVER 3.0-4.O BUT WE ALSO CHECK BLOOD GLUCOSE AND THIS

HAS ALSO GOT TO BE UNDER 75.

OPTIMAL LEVELS ARE 55-65 AND ACCEPTABLE LEVELS ARE 50-75 (U.S.UNITS)

WE ARE FINE TUNING OUR DAUGHTER AND THE GLUCOSE LEVELS HAVE HELPED US PREVENT

THE SM BREAKTHROUGH SEIZURES SHE WAS HAVING

BEST OF LUCK

SANDI

[Guest guest]

WHAT URINE KETONE STRIPS DO YOU USE THAT HAS NUMBERS LIKE 16

I USE STRIPS THAT SHOW COLORS FOR 80-160 WOULD THIS BE YOUR 8-16?? MY

DAUGHTER NEEDS TO BE 80++-160 SO I WOULD THINK YOU ARE SAYING THIS IS

3-4 BLOOD KETONES

(WHICH IS WHERE SHE NEEDS TO BE ALONG WITH HER BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS UNDER

75)

THANK YOU

SANDI

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Hi

something to be aware of in regard to home ketone blood test kits is the

fact that they tend to give a lower reading than the true serum BOHB. I

have the Medisense Optium, and I have to add about 30% to the result to

obtain an indication of what the serum BOHB would be. I arrived at this

conclusion by doing an optium ketone test at the same time blood was drawn

for lab BOHB test to be done. These are the comparative figures I have

obtained so far:

Optium fingerstick Lab BOHB

3.6 4.6

3.4 4.7

I would be interested to hear the findings of others on this.

Jill

At 10:38 PM 10/22/02, you wrote:

>IN REGARD TO THE BLOOD KETONES

>ACCORDING TO SOME OF THE CLINICS: OPTIMAL LEVELS ARE: 3.84-5.76 AND

>ACCEPTABLE LEVELS: 3.05-3.61

> AND THE LOWEST SHOULD BE OVER 2.0

>THESE ARE MEASURED IN MMOL/L

>OF COURSE WE ALL HAVE TO GO BY OUR CHILDREN

>MY DAUGHTER DOES GOOD OVER 3.0-4.O BUT WE ALSO CHECK BLOOD GLUCOSE AND THIS

>HAS ALSO GOT TO BE UNDER 75.

> OPTIMAL LEVELS ARE 55-65 AND ACCEPTABLE LEVELS ARE 50-75 (U.S.UNITS)

>WE ARE FINE TUNING OUR DAUGHTER AND THE GLUCOSE LEVELS HAVE HELPED US PREVENT

>THE SM BREAKTHROUGH SEIZURES SHE WAS HAVING

>

>BEST OF LUCK

>

>SANDI

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

WHAT LEVELS DO YOU USE WHEN YOU TEST WITH THE HOME MONITOR?

DO YOU HAVE A RANGE?

DO YOU TEST BLOOD GLUCOSE AND IF SO WHAT RANGE DO YOU USE?

DOES ANYONE MAKE KETO ICE CREAM?

WHAT BRAND ICE CREAM MAKERS HAVE YOU FOUND WORK GOOD?

THANK YOU

SANDI

[Guest guest]

> WHAT LEVELS DO YOU USE WHEN YOU TEST WITH THE HOME MONITOR?

> DO YOU HAVE A RANGE?

Sandi - not Jenn (!!) , but we aim for between 3.5 and 4.5 test kid BHB

level.

> DO YOU TEST BLOOD GLUCOSE AND IF SO WHAT RANGE DO YOU USE?

Different levels to there I think, pretty similar to bhb actually, we aim

for around 3.5 to 4.0.

> DOES ANYONE MAKE KETO ICE CREAM?

> WHAT BRAND ICE CREAM MAKERS HAVE YOU FOUND WORK GOOD?

's keto ice cream is just oil and cream mixed and frozen together -

that's about as creative as I get!

> THANK YOU

>

> SANDI

Hill

[Guest guest]

Just wanted to say these are the same ranges I use here too (canada) I

think they differ somewhat from the ranges of the machines in the US

tho.

I whip the cream (weigh the correct amount out AFTER it is whipped and

then add the sweetner and flavoring) and freeze. I dont use an ice

cream maker either. Want to look into getting a " sno cone " maker for

next summer tho in hopes to boost his fluid intake in the warmer months.

Jenn

richard & susan hill wrote:

>

>

> > WHAT LEVELS DO YOU USE WHEN YOU TEST WITH THE HOME MONITOR?

> > DO YOU HAVE A RANGE?

>

> Sandi - not Jenn (!!) , but we aim for between 3.5 and 4.5 test kid

> BHB

> level.

>

> > DO YOU TEST BLOOD GLUCOSE AND IF SO WHAT RANGE DO YOU USE?

>

> Different levels to there I think, pretty similar to bhb actually, we

> aim

> for around 3.5 to 4.0.

>

> > DOES ANYONE MAKE KETO ICE CREAM?

> > WHAT BRAND ICE CREAM MAKERS HAVE YOU FOUND WORK GOOD?

>

> 's keto ice cream is just oil and cream mixed and frozen

> together -

> that's about as creative as I get!

>

>

> > THANK YOU

> >

> > SANDI

>

> Hill

>