Ketones are a reality that all children and teens living with diabetes need to face, hopefully not too often

The number one reason ketones occur is due to a lack of insulin. This may be due to a number of reasons:

• Did you skip your injection?
• Could your insulin pen have been in the sun or gotten too cold?
• Are there bubbles in your insulin pen meaning that you injected air instead of insulin?
• Are you using the same injection site too often so that the insulin was not absorbed?
• For pump users: could your cannula site be blocked?
• Or perhaps are you sick?

But don’t panic, ketones can often easily be treated at home

Download the YWD Guide to treating ketones at home to see how