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Husband Prescribed Wrong Insulin, V Worried & Confused
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<blockquote data-quote="mibrahim987" data-source="post: 1834375" data-attributes="member: 58364"><p>Hi,</p><p>Many others here have already given sound advice regarding what to do, so I thought I'd focus on your question as to why your husband hasn't been going hypo.</p><p>Basically at night your body enters a fasting state while your sleeping and your liver undergoes gluconeogenesis (produces glucose). If an insulin dependent diabetic was to not have any insulin active in the body overnight, their glucose would go high for this reason. Taking basal insulins helps counter this by providing an insulin supply overnight to keep glucose levels down.</p><p>The novorapid only works a few hours so while it may initially drop the glucose levels, the remainder of the night your husban is insulin free and therefore the glucose levels will rise again.</p><p>Also, the reason he hasn't been going really hyperglycaemic (high sugar levels) is because he may still be producing some insulin in his pancreas. This will eventually stop as he passes through his 'honeymoon' phase, which can take months to years in some cases. </p><p></p><p>Hope that helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mibrahim987, post: 1834375, member: 58364"] Hi, Many others here have already given sound advice regarding what to do, so I thought I'd focus on your question as to why your husband hasn't been going hypo. Basically at night your body enters a fasting state while your sleeping and your liver undergoes gluconeogenesis (produces glucose). If an insulin dependent diabetic was to not have any insulin active in the body overnight, their glucose would go high for this reason. Taking basal insulins helps counter this by providing an insulin supply overnight to keep glucose levels down. The novorapid only works a few hours so while it may initially drop the glucose levels, the remainder of the night your husban is insulin free and therefore the glucose levels will rise again. Also, the reason he hasn't been going really hyperglycaemic (high sugar levels) is because he may still be producing some insulin in his pancreas. This will eventually stop as he passes through his 'honeymoon' phase, which can take months to years in some cases. Hope that helps. [/QUOTE]
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