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Hi Doctor, I Am 30 Year Old Taking Insulin During
Question: Hi Doctor, I am 30 year old taking insulin during my first trimester Pregnancy am taking actrapid insulin(100iu) taking 6unit in Morning and 8 unit in Dinner 20 min before food ,but my problem is first day when I started before dinner my reading came fine and next morning I took insulin 8:30AM and after 20 min had breakfast n my reading went up 210 after 1 hour and around 12:30 o was having headache and then I checked my sugar it was 34 , I was so shocked y it didn't reduce after breakfast but now my reading went down and then night I have taken 8 unit before dinner at 8:30and had dinner after 20 min then I didn't check my sugar n went fr sleep midnight around 12:20 I woke up with sweat n my sugar level went 41 , I am so scared why this insulin is working late y it is not acting at after 1 hour? also am taking metformin sustained 500mg morning and 500mgnight Please let me know doctor what can I do now?
Brief Answer:
You need to stop metformin after consulting your doctor.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for posting your query.
I have gone through your query and understand your health concerns.
You are having hypoglycaemia- low levels of blood sugar 4 hours after taking insulin. You need to decrease the doses of insulin or stop taking metformin. Actrapid is a short acting insulin and decreases the blood glucose levels after meals. After starting insulin it takes a few days for the blood glucose levels to settle. You need to consult an endocrinologist and get the proper doses adjusted.
I hope this answers your query.
In case you have additional questions or doubts, you can forward them to me, and I shall be glad to help you out.
For future query, you can directly approach me through my profile URL http://bit.ly/Dr-Rakhi-Tayal
Wishing you good health.
Regards.
Dr. Rakhi Tayal
You need to stop metformin after consulting your doctor.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for posting your query.
I have gone through your query and understand your health concerns.
You are having hypoglycaemia- low levels of blood sugar 4 hours after taking insulin. You need to decrease the doses of insulin or stop taking metformin. Actrapid is a short acting insulin and decreases the blood glucose levels after meals. After starting insulin it takes a few days for the blood glucose levels to settle. You need to consult an endocrinologist and get the proper doses adjusted.
I hope this answers your query.
In case you have additional questions or doubts, you can forward them to me, and I shall be glad to help you out.
For future query, you can directly approach me through my profile URL http://bit.ly/Dr-Rakhi-Tayal
Wishing you good health.
Regards.
Dr. Rakhi Tayal
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