A question from Beth: How do you take care of type 1 diabetes?
I want to know how to take care of type 1 diabetes, when do you check? How often? What is a good eating plan? When can you eat and not eat? When can you have candy and sugar or go off your eating plan? When do you take insulin? How much insulin? Just all the stuff you have to go through to take care of type 1 diabetes, thanks!
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Answer by john e russo md facm faafp Type 1 diabetes must be treated with insulin. Both basal and bolus insulin must be used. Only analog insulin is appropriate for use at this time. Basal analog insulin includes detemir (Levemir) and glargine (Lantus). Bolus analog insulin includes aspart (NovoLog), lispro (Humalog), and glulisine (Apidra). Bolus insulin is injected once or twice daily and the dosage should be re-evaluated every 3 to 5 days based upon your fasting and bedtime glucose readings. You must take your glucose prior to each meal and adjust the dosage of the bolus insulin based upon the pre-meal glucose and the carbohydrate load of the meal about to be consumed. This latter point helps to identify your question about diet. In a sense the type 1 diabetic does not need to be as careful with carbohydrates as the type 2 diabetic as the type 1 diabetic is going to adjust their bolus insulin dosage based in part upon the carbohydrate load of the meal about to be consumed. Although this is true most physicians would nonetheless prefer the type 1 diabetic to be on a low glycemic index diet with a significant restriction in the amount of refined carbohydrates (‘sweets’) consumed. If I may be of further assistance please let me know. I wish you the very best of health and in all things may God bless.
Question by XxSeXyMor3nItAxX: what health care providers are needed for people with diabetes type 2?
in a clinic that is only for people with diabetes type 2. what human resources are needed. for example nurses,doctors ..but i need more. please help..thanks
Best answer:
Answer by kelliegirl38 For sure one is an endocronologist. I don’t really know much else.
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