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MBBS, DNB - General Medicine, Post Gradu...read more

Diabetologist•Navi Mumbai
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What is insulin therapy?
Insulin is a hormone that is responsible for keeping the level of sugar in the blood under control. It is the primary therapy used for the treatment of any type of diabetes. The dependence on insulin depends on the balance between the actual production of insulin in the body and the resistance of the body cells to the insulin produced. People, who suffer from diabetes type 1, need insulin injections lifelong. The requirement for insulin therapy in people suffering fr...more
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General Physician•Delhi
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You may need to go with the medical prescription .it is advised to take the dose on a fixed time to ensure the effectiveness. If the prescribed intake is thrice a day it means, it should be taken after appropriate intervals. You may discuss your health issue and your medical history in more detail over a call so that right and effective consultation can be provided.
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MBBS, Diploma in Diabetology

Endocrinologist•Mumbai
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Get your hba1c checked.
Do smbg charting with glucometer.
Good sugar control can limit ed problem in most early cases.
There are certain medications like sildenafil, etc which can help in this condition. Ed can be due to extensive atherosclerosis in pelvic vessels, neural, psychitric, endocrinal etc so investigating the cause is necessary.
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General Physician•Pune
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For all your problems your short time sugar levels should be within normal range like in different time of day on getting up after food and during sleeping hours. For which consultation and advice with your doctor, repeated follow up, monitoring,proper medication, diet and exercise is a must. Once the readings are proper long term control like HbA1c should be examined to find good control. Erectile Dysfunction sometimes is a complication of uncontrolled and long duration diabetes and may be corr...more
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DM - Endocrinology, MBBS, MD - Medicine

Endocrinologist•Bangalore
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Your fasting and hba1c readings are abnormal, some times insulin is very useful to control your sugars. Please focus on your diet and exercises too. Thanks.
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Endocrinologist•Delhi
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No it is high normal,dont worry. If you are taking some multivitamins or b1b6b12 or neurobion,stop taking.
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Cardiologist•Alappuzha
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Shift k+ from plasma back into the cell: intravenous glucose (25 to 50 g dextrose, or 1-2 amps d50) plus 5-10 you regular insulin will reduce serum potassium levels within 10 to 20 minutes, and the effects last 4 to 6 hours, hyperventilation, β-agonists.
To give you more details the reports and the conditions of your patient is a must.
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General Physician•Mumbai
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The use of lantus can be combined with either a short acting or intermediate acting insulin depending upon the sugar values and its your doctor judgement to decide the dosage because short actings effects will last for three hours and intermediate effects will last for eight hours.
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Diabetologist•Surat
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There's no fit for all insulins, both the types have different ways of working and controlling sugar levels.
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Endocrinologist•Kolkata
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Insulin are very much safe. To reduce the fasting plasma glucose value the basal insulin you have mentioned is very much needed. Pl follow your doctors prescription. Wish you good health.
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