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What Are The Risks Associated With High Blood Sugar And How To Manage It?

my dad has diabetes the other night i checked his sugar and it was in the 500 range im not sure what to do when it gets that hig except give him his insulin and have him drink a lot of water am i doing all that i need to be doing? also what is the risk of it being that high?
Mon, 26 May 2014
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Hi, I had gone through your query and understood your concerns.

The blood sugar level is too high to normal. Better is to get him to hospital and get managed with short acting insulin for few days under the guidance of doctors there. After a while when it gets controlled, you can swift to mixtard insulin and take home and control the sugar levels normally at home.

Higher blood sugars ave many complications of retinopathy, neuropathy nephropathy... Almost all the systems gets effected. My advice is better take hospital immediately and follow the management there until controlled.

Hope this guides you. For any other queries you can write to us. we will be happy to help you. Thank you.
Dr Phanindra Dulipala
Diabetologist.
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What Are The Risks Associated With High Blood Sugar And How To Manage It?

Hi, I had gone through your query and understood your concerns. The blood sugar level is too high to normal. Better is to get him to hospital and get managed with short acting insulin for few days under the guidance of doctors there. After a while when it gets controlled, you can swift to mixtard insulin and take home and control the sugar levels normally at home. Higher blood sugars ave many complications of retinopathy, neuropathy nephropathy... Almost all the systems gets effected. My advice is better take hospital immediately and follow the management there until controlled. Hope this guides you. For any other queries you can write to us. we will be happy to help you. Thank you. Dr Phanindra Dulipala Diabetologist.