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Suggest Treatment For Elevated Blood Sugar Levels

hello I am a diabetic and my problem is that my sugar stays to high. This is confusing to me because no one in my family has this. I am 5ft 7 in and I have never been over weight. Since I have been on the meds I have lost about 60lbs I believe that the meds is making me loose weight. Daily my sugar runs about 424-500 an I feel I should be on insulin by now. I had gestational diabetes about 9 years ago and took insulin. I am only 43 years old and have always been in good health. My meds keep being adjusted but no progress. I am sick all the time
Tue, 2 Jan 2018
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Hi ma’am. From your history it looks like you have something what fits “Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus”. You might want to now switch over to insulin, since you (maybe) do not produce it adequately! What the Oral hypoglycaemic agents you are taking are simply either insulin sensitisers or insulin secretagogues. Neither will help you when you do not have the cells to produce insulin thus no insulin in your body. Get standard Diabetic work up done.

RFT
Acetone
USG
HbA1C
BP monitoring
Fundoscopic examination
Urine for proteinuria and microbiology screen.
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Suggest Treatment For Elevated Blood Sugar Levels

Hi ma’am. From your history it looks like you have something what fits “Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus”. You might want to now switch over to insulin, since you (maybe) do not produce it adequately! What the Oral hypoglycaemic agents you are taking are simply either insulin sensitisers or insulin secretagogues. Neither will help you when you do not have the cells to produce insulin thus no insulin in your body. Get standard Diabetic work up done. RFT Acetone USG HbA1C BP monitoring Fundoscopic examination Urine for proteinuria and microbiology screen.