Product Description :

Measuring your blood ketones during hyperglycaemia and illness, allows you to take action before ketoacidosis develops. This product is for testing of KETONE in blood NOT glucose.Ketones are a chemical produced by your body when it is not able to use glucose as its source of energy due to a lack of insulin. When glucose can’t be used as energy, your body will start breaking down fat for energy instead and this is when ketones are produced. This is a short term solution for the body as over time the level of ketones will increase and can become dangerously high. If this happens, diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) can develop which can be life threatening.

Having ketones is more common in Type 1 than Type 2 diabetes. You may have continued high glucose readings because you are finding it difficult to manage your diabetes, have missed a few injections, you are ill, have an infection, or for any other reason. It is important to test your level of ketones if you have Type 1 diabetes and your glucose readings are above 15mmols/L. Checking for ketones may be advised by your healthcare professional as part of your diabetes management program.

FreeStyle Optium blood β-Ketone test strips are available for the self-testing of blood ketones. The ketone testing strips can be used with the FreeStyle Optium Neo, FreeStyle Optium, Optium Xceed, and Optium meters.

Features:

• No coding = one less step
• Foil wrapped strips help protect from air and moisture16
• Small blood sample required – 1.5 µl
• 10 second test time
• Top or end fill with visual confirmation
• Fill trigger ensures test starts only when sufficient blood sample has been applied