controlling diabites

[ryan1990]

Iv had diabites for 6 years now and just wondering.is it actually possible to never have a high blood sugar like we're only human right so say if I had a high blood sugar every day of around 10 to 14 but for.the rest of the day my sugars were between 5 and 8 and I took extra insluin to.combat the high would this cause any long term damage?

 

[Charles Robin]

Iv had diabites for 6 years now and just wondering.is it actually possible to never have a high blood sugar like we're only human right so say if I had a high blood sugar every day of around 10 to 14 but for.the rest of the day my sugars were between 5 and 8 and I took extra insluin to.combat the high would this cause any long term damage?

Hi Ryan,
My personal opinion is that 1 high a day probably would lead to damage eventually, albeit at a slower rate than constant highs. If you are going high every day, and at the same time, it might be worth keeping a food/insulin/blood sugar diary. That way you can work out what you need to change to eliminate the highs.

 

[ryan1990]

Thanks for that how do diabetics keep there blood so in check because I'm.skinny hardly eat anything and I'm.still going 10 to. 12 throughout the day I asked my diabetic nurse and she said with a hba1c of 4.5 I was hitting it pretty good and shouldn't worry?

 

[Cloe-1992]

Hey Ryan .
I'm not very good with advice but just wanted to say wow , that is a very low hba1c . Sounds like your doing very well
Do you still have hypo awareness with your hba1c .

It's hard because I think a lot of us will get the occasionally high , i guess we wouldn't be diabetic if we didn't .


Take care

 

[jack412]

Are you on basal bolus 2 kinds of insulin or on a single combined insulin?

You can have bad control and have a good A1c if your BG swings very high and very low
The A1c is an average eg 2-12 could be a1c 5 and 4-6 average A1c 5 too
Same A1c but good and bad control

My guess is it depends how long you are over 8 for whether it needs a correction dose