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<blockquote data-quote="catapillar" data-source="post: 1514947" data-attributes="member: 32394"><p>A bolus advisor (or a bolus calculator, or a bolus wizard) is mainly used in insulin pumps to calculate the bolus dose, because pumps can give much smaller increments of insulin than you can with injections. But some blood sugar monitors come with bolus calculators to advise on the dose of insulin. I think there are apps like mysugr that do a similar thing.</p><p></p><p>To use a bolus calculator you need to know:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What your insulin:carb ratio is</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">How long the duration of insulin lasts in you for, and when your last bolus was, and the amount of your last bolus</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What your correction factor is</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">How many grams of carbs you are bolusing for</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What your target blood sugar is</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What your current blood sugar is</li> </ul><p>With all that information the bolus calculator does all the maths in the background to work out what your dose should be. So it will work out how many units you need to cover the carbs you are going to eat. And then it will work out if it needs to add a bit on (if you have high blood sugar) or take a bit off (if you have low blood sugar, or if you have insulin on board from your last bolus) to keep you in your target blood sugar.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catapillar, post: 1514947, member: 32394"] A bolus advisor (or a bolus calculator, or a bolus wizard) is mainly used in insulin pumps to calculate the bolus dose, because pumps can give much smaller increments of insulin than you can with injections. But some blood sugar monitors come with bolus calculators to advise on the dose of insulin. I think there are apps like mysugr that do a similar thing. To use a bolus calculator you need to know: [LIST] [*]What your insulin:carb ratio is [*]How long the duration of insulin lasts in you for, and when your last bolus was, and the amount of your last bolus [*]What your correction factor is [*]How many grams of carbs you are bolusing for [*]What your target blood sugar is [*]What your current blood sugar is [/LIST] With all that information the bolus calculator does all the maths in the background to work out what your dose should be. So it will work out how many units you need to cover the carbs you are going to eat. And then it will work out if it needs to add a bit on (if you have high blood sugar) or take a bit off (if you have low blood sugar, or if you have insulin on board from your last bolus) to keep you in your target blood sugar. [/QUOTE]
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