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Bariatrician•Bangalore
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Lybrate-user, being a diabetic and also over weight now going in for hypertension, You must make an active effort to lose weight. Brisk walk for 45 min to 60 min. Also keep ac heck on your diet. Lastly, if your BMI id high, Metabolic keyhole surgery is a valid option which will give you a 3 fold benefit of weight loss, remission of type 2 diabetes.
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Diabetologist•Thane
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Frequency of urination will increase because of Forxiga. So that's not worrying. What might be of worry is the pain in lower foot. Thus can be nothing or can be indicative of something serious. Please take private consultation here on Lybrate from one of diabetes expert.
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Diabetologist•Thane
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U will need a change of medicines. Pls check your after meal sugars as well, so the doses can be adequately adjusted. You may need a small dose of insulin which will benefit the kidneys
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Dermatologist•Ernakulam
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No, for conditions like what you described, sandalwood paste or turmeric paste will not help, first the diagnosis must be made, only then treatment can be decided. Cortisone cream should not be applied unless dermatologist has prescribed.
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Oncologist•Mumbai
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I presume he underwent prostate surgery for benign enlargement and cancer was detected incidentally. Hopefully an MRI and bone scan was done for staging to confirm that its a localised disease. We advise watchful waiting or active surveillance for those with localised, early stage and low risk disease or intermediate risk disease in patients with very high comorbidities, reducing the life expectancy of <10 years.
Gleason of 7 and PSA below 10 puts him in the intermediate risk hence watchful ...more
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Endocrinologist•Hubli-Dharwad
Looking at the details I suggest you should shift to long acting basal analogue insulin like injection basalog, start with 6 units once a day and increase the dose based on daily blood sugar levels. You will have to do self monitoring of sugar levels. One of the oral medications namely metformin with glimepiride to be continued.
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Endocrinologist•Jammu
You have not mentioned whether you are controlled or not.If you are controlled ,reduce the dose of diamicrron xr n make jaumet xr twice a day.
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