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Is Taking Sugar When Sugar Gets Low Safe For Diabetic?

Good Morning Sir,

My father's age is 62 & he is a diabatic patient for 15 yrers. now his PP blood suger is 122 & very frequently his blood suger fall mostly in the morning & then he takes one or hulf spoon of suger & after taking some suger he feels quit well, is it well for his helth?
Wed, 13 Aug 2014
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Dear Sir/Madam
Welcome to HCM
I understand your concern.
Frequent low sugars are not good. My advice is 1) please check his FBS, PPBS and HbA1c and fine tune his treatment accordingly with help from a Diabetologist.
2) in view of long duration of Diabetes please check his renal function as well - Blood urea, Serum creatinine and Urine spot microalbuminuria. Some times when the kidney function is abnormal because of Diabetes patients experience low blood sugars while taking medicines for Diabetes.
Hope this helps.
All the best!
Dr. Riyaz Sheriff
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Is Taking Sugar When Sugar Gets Low Safe For Diabetic?

Dear Sir/Madam Welcome to HCM I understand your concern. Frequent low sugars are not good. My advice is 1) please check his FBS, PPBS and HbA1c and fine tune his treatment accordingly with help from a Diabetologist. 2) in view of long duration of Diabetes please check his renal function as well - Blood urea, Serum creatinine and Urine spot microalbuminuria. Some times when the kidney function is abnormal because of Diabetes patients experience low blood sugars while taking medicines for Diabetes. Hope this helps. All the best! Dr. Riyaz Sheriff