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Suggest Treatment For Very Low Blood Sugar In Nights
Hi I am 49 years old and I wear an insulin pump with a sensor and every night my alarm goes off because my sugar has dropped so low no matter what I do before I go to bed to make sure that my sugar is up, it still drops low during the night. Is there anything else that I can do to keep my sugar from dropping so low during the night I have gotten from dropping from 3 times during the night to 1-2 times during the night but I don t know what else to do I raise my blood sugar all the way sometimes to 200 to see if that would keep it from dropping but that is not working. Thank you for any advice you can give me.
Thu, 10 Apr 2014
Dear sir i understand your concern.i am really feeling sad for your condition you are having most smart technology in the world still your sugars are dropping!!OK the i will come to the point.i am a Diabetologist and insulin pump is may favorite subject.it very simple kindly let me know the basal rate of insulin what you are having for the night.usually basal rate will be 0.6units/hr,but it depends on your wt and duration of diabetes also,reduce this night time basal to 0.5units/hr this is the solution for your problem .....regards
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