High blood sugar can be controlled with diabetes medications and pneumonia can be treated with antibiotics. The presence of ketones
in the bloodstream is a common complication of
diabetes. A
urine test for ketones is more commonly done than the blood test. If there are 2 positive signs (++), this indicates the level of ketones present in her urine, which is normally negative. It is important that this is treated also to prevent ketoacidosis.