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Male chronic UTIS and exhaustion

His prostrate is enlarged but they won’t look into this until he gets his blood sugars down - today he has been referred for an urgent med review - he is on insulin but it’s not touching his numbers at nighttime - they say go up another couple of units but I think he may need a complete review - thankyou
 
EllieM said:
Sounds like he needs a medication review. Honestly, at those levels I'd personally regard the UTIs as a potential symptom of the high levels. They are likely to keep recurring until his levels come down. Mine have usually cleared up on the first antibiotic dose but I used to get them quite frequently in the days when my diabetic control was mediocre (dare I say poor). And high sugar levels will cause tiredness as well, so though there may well be something else going on (I am not a doctor and we aren't allowed to diagnose on these forums) getting his sugar levels back to normal is very important.


T1 seems unlikely to me after 20 years of T2 without needing insulin, but I am not a doctor, and there are also other types of diabetes (eg MODY, T3c). Some long term T2s find that their insulin production wears out so they need to start injecting. His doctor will look at his medication options. It's likely that reducing the carbs in your diet would potentially allow him to cut back a bit on any medication he is using, but at the moment those levels are too high, and need reduction.

Good luck.
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Thankyou he is on insulin and we went this morning to GP who has contacted the diabetic team - putting up just a couple of units is just doing nothing / last time she didn’t even check his blood pressure ! It’s strange because even when he dosnt eat it’s still sometimes high - but k guess not sleeping and stress does not help
 
EllieM said:
Sounds like he needs a medication review. Honestly, at those levels I'd personally regard the UTIs as a potential symptom of the high levels. They are likely to keep recurring until his levels come down. Mine have usually cleared up on the first antibiotic dose but I used to get them quite frequently in the days when my diabetic control was mediocre (dare I say poor). And high sugar levels will cause tiredness as well, so though there may well be something else going on (I am not a doctor and we aren't allowed to diagnose on these forums) getting his sugar levels back to normal is very important.


T1 seems unlikely to me after 20 years of T2 without needing insulin, but I am not a doctor, and there are also other types of diabetes (eg MODY, T3c). Some long term T2s find that their insulin production wears out so they need to start injecting. His doctor will look at his medication options. It's likely that reducing the carbs in your diet would potentially allow him to cut back a bit on any medication he is using, but at the moment those levels are too high, and need reduction.

Good luck.
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