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<blockquote data-quote="faujidoc1" data-source="post: 1508603" data-attributes="member: 419625"><p>Hi Everyone!</p><p>I am a doctor and a parent of a T1, my daughter who was diagnosed just 5 days ago after going into DKA while on a trip to NY.</p><p>Reached here while searching for an answer to the tiredness she is experiencing, even though her levels are now 'better' on paper.</p><p>So just a thought which struck me and perhaps someone could check up on...</p><p></p><p>A normal person needs about 300 gms of carbs to feel active and healthy (2000 Cal daily requirement). Less than this and they get tired and irritable after a few days. Just see what happens to normal people who Starve for some reason.</p><p>In a T1, irrespective of the BS level, what matters is how many actionable carbs the body is actually receiving.</p><p>So if one is actually receiving less than 300 gms of actionable carbs, one will feel tired ... No matter if BS is normal.</p><p>So a possible solution may be to up the carb allowance as well as the insulin dose, getting more actionable carbs through, while maintaining the BS levels near normal???</p><p></p><p>Nothing in the books about this at all, nor is this professional advice, it's just a theory by a concerned parent!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="faujidoc1, post: 1508603, member: 419625"] Hi Everyone! I am a doctor and a parent of a T1, my daughter who was diagnosed just 5 days ago after going into DKA while on a trip to NY. Reached here while searching for an answer to the tiredness she is experiencing, even though her levels are now 'better' on paper. So just a thought which struck me and perhaps someone could check up on... A normal person needs about 300 gms of carbs to feel active and healthy (2000 Cal daily requirement). Less than this and they get tired and irritable after a few days. Just see what happens to normal people who Starve for some reason. In a T1, irrespective of the BS level, what matters is how many actionable carbs the body is actually receiving. So if one is actually receiving less than 300 gms of actionable carbs, one will feel tired ... No matter if BS is normal. So a possible solution may be to up the carb allowance as well as the insulin dose, getting more actionable carbs through, while maintaining the BS levels near normal??? Nothing in the books about this at all, nor is this professional advice, it's just a theory by a concerned parent! [/QUOTE]
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