where can I find a chart for adjusting insulin when sugar count is low?
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Try your local pharmacy/drug store. They carry many different kinds of diabetic supplies so it is almost a sure bet that they have and adjustment chart.
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It is difficult to tell with out a proper sugar level test that is performed by a doctor.\n\nHere are some signs to look for:\nFeeling hot and perspiring even when it is cool and you do not have a fever.\nHeadaches that go away when you eat something\nShaking hands (like a light palsy)\nUnable to concentrate\n\nTry eating something with a small to moderate amount of sugar in it that is balanced with a high quantity of Protein.  This will usually balance your system and prevent yo-yo cures of Hypoglycemia.  If you take in only sugar, you will feel better for a short time and then usually relaspe very quickly.\n\nIf you have it, it is a great idea to cut out sodas.  After cutting out sodas from my diet, I became nearly attack free only having slight attacks maybe a couple of times a year.  I have since added sodas back into my diet, but on a very limited amount.\n\nThe symptoms you experience will be caused by too much insulin in your system and no sugar to process for energy.  The insulin can actually start attacking tissue in attempts to release energy so it is important that you get this under control if you are found to have it.
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The most important factor in preventing both hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) and hypoglycemia is to know the warning signs. \nSymptoms and signs of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) include:\n-- shaking\n-- increased heartbeat / fast heart rate\n-- sweating\n-- dizziness\n-- anxiousness\n-- hunger\n-- impaired / blurred vision \n-- weakness and fatigue\n-- headache\n-- irritability / aggressiveness\n\nSymptoms and signs of hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) include:\n-- extreme thirst \n-- frequent urination\n-- dry / itchy skin \n-- hunger\n-- blurred vision\n-- drowsiness / sleepy\n-- decreased healing\n\nThese reactions will have a individualized / unique effect on different people, so learn your body's unique warning system. If you blood sugar is low / high, your body will alert you in some way, possibly including the signs above. Talk to your doctor to learn what to do in an emergency situation with these reactions.\n\nAs to prevention... \n\nTo prevent hyperglycemia (high blood sugar), the obvious advice is to limit your sugar intake. Carbs are also the culprit in many hyperglycemic reactions so avoid excess amounts of those as well. Eat regularly.\n\nTo avoid a hypoglycemic reaction (low blood sugar), eat on a regular schedule and eat according to your dietary needs. Do not completely withold all sugar from your body.... you have to have glucose to survive. Restricting yourself to a strict no sugar regiment will cause your blood sugar to be too low. \n\nFor both situations, be sure to take your medications (oral and insulin) on a regular basis and on a fairly regular timed schedule. This will help to keep a constant, consistent amount of medication in your blood, therefore keeping a good regulation on your blood sugar level. Also, be sure to monitor your blood sugars at home on your own. Keep a close eye out for readings that might indicate you are heading toward an unsafe (either high or low) level. \n\nI hope this helps and good luck....
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If you are not diabetic, and you don't faint in the streets from too low blood glucose, then your problem -- whatever it is -- would not seem to be immediately life threatening. And the erratic changes are not likely due to insulin. Here's why. \n\n=======\nbackground\n\nMetabolic control in the human body is fairly simple in principle. Just involved and interconnected, and only partially understood even now. \n\nYou absorb glucose from food in the intestines (after breaking down complex carbohydrates so it's possible to absorb them) and it goes into the blood. From there it can be absorbed by body cells and insulin is required for about 2/3 of them to do the absorption. Only two types of cells storage significant amounts of glucose internally (liver cells and muscle cells). As the glucose is used as fuel within cells, they either convert internal stores back to glucose, or absorb more from the blood. Glucose absorption is controlled in the 2/3 of the total by insulin, which is required for those cells to absorb glucose. When the beta cells (which are the only source of insulin) see high blood glucose, they release insulin. In non-diabetics, this causes those 2/3 of cells to absorb glucose, the blood level to drop, and the release of insulin to cease. \n\nWhen glucose levels are low, and so insulin levels are as well, liver cells (but not muscle cells) to release stored insulin into the blood. The result is that blood glucose is kept at a more or less constant level, save just after meals when it rises somewhat. \n\nNote that insulin, and exercise, are the only control for reducing glucose levels. There are several situations in which glucose levels are raised by opposing hormones. All of the stress hormones (adrenalin, for instance) cause the liver to output stored glucose and so to raise blood glucose levels. Another hormone, glucagon, also causes the liver to output stored glucose to the blood, and it's sometimes carried by those whose glucose levels are characteristically too low. Infections also usually cause glucose levels to rise. \n\nSo, \n\nfood and any of several signals to the liver cause blood glucose to rise. \n\ninsulin and exercise cause blood glucose to go down; glucose is strongly conserved and is never lost in normal circumstances. \n\nBlood glucose levels vary somewhat in the normal usual course of things. The fluctuations you note in your case, if abnormal, are most likely due to one of these controls.
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They should give the glucometers away knowing what they charge for the test strips.\nCheck out the site below:
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A normal blood sugar level is between 80 - 100.  You should be checked out by an endocrinologist (specialist-Diabetes).\nA A1C hemoglobin blood test should be run...that will tell the doctor your blood sugars averages for the last 3 months.\nWATCH YOUR CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE...EX: bread, pasta, rice, potatoes etc.. Good luck
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http://www.ascensia.com/\n\nLook for the Contour or Breeze meters. They are available for free. I just got a check for the whole price I paid. Oh, and if your doctor writes you a prescription for the meter, you can just print out the coupon directly from their web site and take it to your pharmacy. Presto! You get the meter directly from the pharmacy without paying a dime.\n\nMany of the meters on the market are manually calibrated and are NOT accurate! There is NO FDA STANDARD for blood glucose meters, so you are responsible for checking the accuracy yourself. Just between us, the two most popular brands are only +/- 20% accurate when they are calibrated correctly. They are as much as 40% wrong if you forget to calibrate them!\n\nThere are around 5-10 meters on the market that are self-calibrating and accurate +/- 5%, which was the proposed FDA Standard that never got passed. The Bayer / Ascencia models above (Breeze and Contour) are two of the ones that meet that standard.\n\nSince you can get a good, accurate, self-calibrating meter for free, why settle for a manually calibrated meter that isn't accurate even if you do calibrate it?\n\nSo why has the FDA not published a standard for home blood glucose meters? Because as my doctor says, they are between a rock and a hard place. If they don't publish a standard, they look like they are promoting inaccurate meters. If they DO publish the standard, all of the most popular blood glucose meters currently in use will have to be pulled from the store shelves, because they are grossly inaccurate.\n\nSo rather than tell people the truth, the FDA is just waiting for the most popular brands to clean up their act and release newly designed meters. As soon as the popular companies have their meters up to standards, then they will publish the standard.\n\nMeanwhile, you and I have to read the fine print on the OneTouch and AccuCheck boxes in order to make sure we don't fool ourselves into thinking that because they are popular, that must mean that they are good.\n\nDid you know that every diabetic I've talked to in the last six years thought that there was an FDA standard for portable blood glucose meters? They were wrong; every one of them was shocked to discover that they had been trying to adjust their medication based on a meter that was lying to them.
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blood sugar values are as follows:\n       fasting ( 8-12 hours)     less than 110 mg/dl\n       2 hours pp (post prandial) less than   180\n       random (at any time other than above)  less than  150
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Limit your carb intake. The body turns all carbs into sugar. With simple carbs; sugar, honey, syrup, etc. the body converts these quickly causing your blood sugar to spike so avoid these. Complex carbs like rice, oatmeal, beans, etc. take longer to convert so your blood sugar doesn't spike, but it will still go up. You also have to be careful not to eat too much protein. Protein won't effect your blood sugar, but will effect your kidneys which are already working overtime trying to get rid of the excess sugar. Make an appointment and talk with a dietitian. In the meantime practice portion control. That's where most of us get in trouble. 1/2 Cup is a serving of starch like corn, beans, pasta, potatoes. 1 Cup is a serving of raw veggies and 1/2 Cup cooked veggies = a serving. 1 oz. of meat = 1 serving of meat. Watch your diet and talk with a dietitian and you should be able to control your diabetes without having to go on meds. OH and always carry some hard candy with you in case your blood sugar gets too low. Good luck with this.
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You need to meet with a dietitian. Your insurance should cover it, and you can get your doctor to recommend it if need be. Regular meetings should include meal plans, grocery list, snacks to have on hand, and times to eat them. Get on a tight eating schedule based on the plan you come up with for your needs. This will help your body to adjust and learn to regulate it self. That is important when you blood sugar play such a vital role in how and what you eat. Once you are in a regular schedule, and have given your body time to adjust to it, work with your nutritionist to start adding weight.
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http://www.reducetriglycerides.com/lower_triglycerides.htm
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Try this one out: www.diabeticgourmet.com\nNot only does it have recipes, but also a forum where you can get all sorts of diabetes-related issues answered by others.\nI hope it helps!
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Since my mother is Diabetic this isn't very difficult.  3.  Although 1 is a correct answer it is misleading.  The idea is to lower the insulin but to do that you have to give the person sugar so that the insulin has something to latch onto.
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Most important is to find out what diet her md prescribed.  Depending on how severe her diabetes is she will have to take shots 1 to 4 times a day.  Her diet is just as important as the shots.  It is also important to know what her sugar level is before eating which can be monitored by a glucose monitor.  Always good to have sugar tablets found in any drug store on hand.  If her sugar is a little low this will help raise it.  Since she was just diagnosed, it is best to stick to the md diet as they are probably still regulating her insulin.  Things to watch out for is if she starts slurring her words, is very sleepy, if these things are happening her sugar is getting low.  Test her, if she is too low, raise her sugar level by eating fruit, candy bar, sugar tablets, juice (natural sugar is the fastest and best way to raise her level quickly).  If her levels are too high, activity, or a shot when she gets to know her body are best, but not food.  I have even put sugar into juice to raise the levels quickly.  In the beginning it is most difficult as their body is still getting regulated and she is figuring out if old enough or mom if she's young, what she can eat and how much insulin.  There is a rough rode ahead but its a workable disease and she can still live a long and happy life.  Still I am sorry your niece was diagnosed with this as it is unfortunate to have anyone you love have to go through anything like this.  Good luck to you and her!!
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15752236&dopt=Abstract\n\n\n\nhttp://care.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/content/full/27/7/1838
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Check your bloodsugar 4 to 6 times a day, OR MORE. Get on an eating plan with your doctor or dietician. Learn to use "sliding scale" insulin. Everyone can do it and it's very effective. I've been diabetic for 16 years and my hemoglobin A1c has always been between 5.0 to 5.7, with the last being 5.4 It IS possible to be in perfect control. Talk to your physician about it, and if your physician is unwilling GET A NEW DOCTOR!!!
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See about getting the insulin pen