To know why that when we correct my son at night we need more insulin than if we increased the basal to covered that period the following night. For example, we noticed that for several nights my sons blood is about 6mmol at 10/11pm when we go to bed, but by 7/8am it has gone up to about 8mmol. We have done a few test to establish when he is going up and it would seem that from about 2-5am his blood goes up and then stays constant until 7/8 am. If I correct him about 3/4am I would typically give him about .2 of a unit so that by 7/8 am his blood is about 5/6 mmol. But, when we have gone to increase his basal to stop the increase in bg we find that he needs less than the .2 of a unit needed if we had given him a correction? I'm just curious and wondered whether there is some formular to work this out and why he would need less when we increase his basal than if we gave a correction.
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just curious..
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I don't know about a forum..
But the difference in the insulin needs, is insulin residence..
It takes less on the basal due to it's keeping the BG at steady rate so less insulin residence involved, the injection is bringing a slightly higher BG down that might be more insulin resident..
Most notice this on the correction factor, when BG is above a certain point i,e 12mmol/l they need more insulin to bring it down than they do at 10mmol/l
But the difference in the insulin needs, is insulin residence..
It takes less on the basal due to it's keeping the BG at steady rate so less insulin residence involved, the injection is bringing a slightly higher BG down that might be more insulin resident..
Most notice this on the correction factor, when BG is above a certain point i,e 12mmol/l they need more insulin to bring it down than they do at 10mmol/l
