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It appears that a combination of eating less and dialysis has reduced the need for insulin for our father. His glucose level was checked a few times after a meal of 2 cups of sticky rice or other high carbohydrate food. This gives us a baseline to whether the insulin is necessary after a particular meal. So, checking the glucose level, methodically, will help one find their sliding scale. Do check with your doctor and care provider nurses.
So far, I have met one person on dialysis who has become free of insulin shots for a combination of dialysis and the diabetic medication. I have also met another patient on dialysis who came down with pancreas failure.
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Does type 1 diabetes use a hormone called insulin?
No, people who have type 1 diabetes (like me myself) do not produce insulin. Yet their may still produce insulin but too little to be enough to not take it. As you get more experienced with diabetes your doctor may tell you that your body still produces insulin but not enough to take it alone with no help( this is the HONEYMOON Stage). You have to take it by syringe, shot, or by a pump. People who have type 2 diabetes, their pancreas still produce insulin but maybe their bodies do not absorb it too well.
Why insulin is used?
Insulin is usually made in your body automatically; diabetes is when your body does not make enough insulin. So some people with diabetes have to take insulin to control their blood sugar.
Why do some people need to take insulin?
Some people have diabetes and they can't have sugar because they don't have enough insulin to digest it so they give themselves injections of insulin. Hoped that helped!;)
You are a diabetic can you still eat potatoes?
Sure, eat potatoes, and be sure to take your insulin.
How does an insulin pump help diabetic people?
Rhenish eat they type the amount of insulin they take. So it helps give them imsulin
Why are people with kidney dialysis not advised to take too much fats?
Dialysis is not as good as having functioning kidneys. To stay healthy on dialysis it's important to eat stuff that's easy on the body to deal with, and fat isn't easy.
What organs does the dialysis michine take place of?
The most common is a kidney dialysis machine.
When a person has NIDDM and they have to start using insulin are they still considered to have adult onset or does it change to IDDM?
IDDM is associated with Type 1 or "juvenile" diabetes. In Type 1 diabetes, your pancreas does not produce any insulin, therefore, someone w/ this will have to take insulin for the rest of there life. With NIDDM or Adult onset diabetes your body's pancreas is still making a small amount of insulin. Some people w/ NIDDM can get by with taking pills, and changing their diet and exercise. When those don't work , then one would have to take insulin injections to help control their glucose levels in their body. But it would never change to IDDM. I hope that answers the question for you.
What food contain insulin?
No food contains insulin. Insulin is an hormone that is produced within the body. Diabetics that need to take insulin for their condition have to take it via injection.
Can you take a sleeping pill if you are on dialysis?
yes
What hormone is required for the normal use of glucose in the body?
Insulin is the hormone that allows cells to take up glucose. Insulin is synthesised and released from the beta cells in the islets of langerhans of the pancreas. Its release is stimulated by high blood glucose levels.
Which condition may result when clients do not eat the prescribed diet yet still continue to take the prescribed insulin?
hypoglycemia
