Insulin Aspart Protamine Health Feed

Hi , here are some things you need to ask yourself:
1. How frequently do you eat meals? are there long gaps in between your meals?
2. How often do you exercise? how often does your body get movement?
3. How often do you find yourself feeling stressed out?
4. What is your sleep quality like?
5. Are you eating junk and processed foods? an insight into these would then enable us to understand strategies that ought to be implied for successful, long-term blood sugar control. Hop...more

Hi Lybrate user
advise your wife to do regular exercise (breathing practices like pranayam)
Avoid junk food ,artificial sweeteners, processed food.
Drink 2-3 liters water daily
Add more fresh vegetables in her diet.
Adopt a healthy lifestyle and eat fresh fruits.

Do not do calculations always use same iu insulin and pen.

Lantus is a basal insulin which means it gives a fairly same level of control over approximately 24 hrs. Ryzodeg is a combination of aspart which acts quickly to control your post meal sugar, and degludec which acts over 24 hrs. Its in a fixed combination (30/70) so any change in the total dose will compulsorily change both the components in the same proportion causing hypo or hyperglycemia. Are you a type 1 diabetic? because in that case its better not to take the premixed ryzodeg. Rather lantu...more

There is no treatment for straightning penis. Better go and consult nearest doctor. For better solution.

HbA1c you have given is wrong, any how both f/pp are very high, time being take inj. Novomix 30/70 morning 12 units (5mts before breakfast) and evening 8 units 5mts before dinner, check blood sugars before breakfast and before dinner atleast for three days to titrate insulin doses if below normal reduce 2 units and high increase 2 units. Maintain strict Lifestyle style modifications.

Yes you can switch to novomix. But under the supervision of your physician. As the dose has to be adjusted frequently.

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.

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

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.