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My father is diabetic since 25 yrs. Currently his age is 70. He is on strict diet, lifestyle, medication & generally has acceptable sugar or high..very rarely low..However for the last 5 days, every night his sugar drops to 40/50..did a few tests... CBC, Urine Routine, Electrolytes, Random Blood sugar, HbA1c, Creatinine, Liver Function Test..Key results below: Creatinine is 1.27 Hba1c is 5.8 Urine protein (albumin) is present Urine glucose is 0.5% Rbc count is 3.98 Pcv is 35.7 Hemoglobin is 11.7........... Changed insulin dose n medication at night time. However, still sugar is dropping at night. Did we miss any tests? What maybe the reason for this continuous low sugar only at nights?
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Hi... need more details... 1. If appetite is good?? 2 . HbA1c is low.. 5.8... and Hb 11.7.... need to reduce medication dose.. at this age.. HbA1c if you keep around 7.5 would be enough.. And sugar in range between 120 to 180 3. What about LFT.. report... 4. Needs to examine... if so.. one more is thyroid functions.... if untreated Hypothyroidism may also cause low sugars
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kindly consult.. for management part
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