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Hypoglycaemia due to insulin
My father had undergone a bypass surgery on 14.03.2018 and he is diabetic since 43 years of age. During CABG he was put on insulin (before that he used to take only Glyzid) . Now after discharge he was prescribed to take insulin actrapid (before breakfast and lunch) and mixtrad (before dinner) . On 25th he had hypoglycaemia with sugar level 33 measured at hospital. Kindly suggest how to maintain the doses of insulin and how to decide which insulin to give and how much quantity. We are in possession of BG 03 gluco plus testing kit for blood sugar level. How frequently we should test the sugar level .
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It depend up on when is having low sugars If he has low sugar in the middle of the night or early morning the the mixtard is the one that is responsible for low sugars and the dose need to be reduced. If he has low sugar after BF or lunch there is some mismatch between his insulin and food intake. That need to be sorted and depends on how much insulin he is taking at the moment and what his meals contain. Until the sugars gets stabilised I would ask to you to check sugars at least 3 times a day Day 1 Fasting Post breakfast and Pre dinner Next day Check post lunch and post dinner 2 hours after. This is something you can do on alternate days for at least a week . Keep a record of all the readings and come back. If anytime he is has low sugar , come back more quickly.
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