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Insulin Regimen
Submitted by Thiruvelan on Wed, 2010-06-23 00:35
Depend upon individual body condition, life style, food habits and physical activity their insulin regimen is designed for efficient blood glucose control.
Design individualized insulin regimen
Consult your doctor or health care team, to design an insulin regimen that will suit your needs and better blood glucose control. It helps you feel good, physically and mentally.
The regimen design depends on
- Your body condition,
- The food you eat,
- Your normal physical activity,
- How your body responding to treatment
Insulin regimen type 1 diabetes
People diagnosed with type 1 diabetes usually begin with 2 insulin injections per day of two different types of insulin. Slowly they may progress to 3 or 4 insulin injections per day of different insulin types. The types of insulin used depend on their blood glucose levels. Studies have shown that three or four injections of insulin a day give the best blood glucose control and can prevent or delay the eye, kidney, and nerve damage caused by diabetes.
Insulin regimen type 2 diabetes
Most of the type 2 diabetes patients need one injection per day without diabetes pills. Some may need both one insulin injection and diabetes pill in the bedtime. Sometimes diabetes pills will not lower blood glucose for type 2 diabetes and they need to take 2 insulin injections per day of two different types of insulin. It may progress to three or four injections of insulin per day in due coarse.
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