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When to much insulin is administered, the treatment depends on how large the dose of insulin is and how low the patient's blood sugar is. For patients with minorly low to moderately low blood sugar, the easiest treatment is to administer oral glucose (glucose gell, glucose tablets, etc...) for severe cases, glucagon is administered. Glucagon is a chemical that makes the patient's liver release large amounts of glucose. In the most severe cases (eg. attempted suicide) intravenous glucose is given.
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What is a new patient?
A patient that has not been treated
Why sugar level becomes high in a diabetetic patient?
you either A: haven't been giving insulin to treat what you have eaten, B: you might be sick or C: you haven't been taking care of your diabetes. watch what you eat, correct for highs, and give insulin for meals and hopefully you sugars wont be as high
What is the treatment for insulin resistance?
Insulin resistance is treated by a healthy diet and exercise, weight loss if obese, endocrine hormone correction if unbalanced, quit smoking. Effectiveness of herbal remedies have not been researched.
How did insulin affect the world?
Insulin was first injected into a patient with diabetes in the early 1920s. Before then, if one's diabetes could not be regulated, that person would almost always die. After the mass production of insulin, people could manage their diabetes, and it was not a death sentence, as it had once been.
When you are diabetic and on insulin what can you do to bring down you glucose level aside from giving yourself an insulin shot?
No you cant. Doctors are currently trying to find a way but the shot has been around since the early 1920's.
How has melanoma been treated with gene therapy?
involves introducing a gene with an anticancer protein called tumor necrosis factor (TNF) into test tube samples of the patient's own cancer cells, which are then reintroduced into the patient.
What are 5 reasons a patient should wear an identification symbol?
To ensure that, even if they are asleep, they can be correctly identified. To identify them as a patient, and not a visitor, if they are up and about. To indicate what they are being treated for. To indicate who their doctor is. To indicate how long they have been in the hospital.
What is exogenous insulin?
In patients with diabetes, whose endogenous production of insulin is completely or near to nothing, insulin is administered to them subcutaneously. The insulin is usually bovine insulin or pork insulin. Recently, human insulins have been manufactured by rDNA technology. These preparations are called exogenous insulins.
When giving subcutaneous injections you do aspirate for blood first why not in giving anticoagulants and insulin injection?
When giving SubQ injections you 'do NOT' aspirate. I am a nursing student and we have been taught not to apirate insulin as it is only going into the SQ layer which only has tiny capillaries and will do no significant damage if hit. The rules for insulin injection are as follows: *if you can pinch an inch, inject at 45 degrees, if you can pinch 2 inches, inject at 90 degrees *keep bevel up, do not aspirate, do not massage (alters absorption rate) *used mixed insulins within 5 minutes *for rapid-acting and short-acting insulins, have FOOD IN SIGHT
What is the best drug for diabetes?
If you have been diagnoised with diabetes your doctor should have put you on a regiment of either pills or insulin injections. There are two types of diabetes, type 1 and type 2, both are treated differently, so we need to know if you have been diagnoised with diabetes and which type of diabetic you are before anything can be said concernng the types of teatments for diabetes. Cheyzer
What nursery rhyme character should have been arrested for malpractice?
The doctor in, 'Miss Polly had a dolly' should be arrested for malpractice. He never treated the doll's ailments properly - he just sent her to bed. What is worse, he prioritised his bill over the welfare of his patient.
What is a new method of getting insulin?
A new method of getting insulin is an insulin inhaler. The inhaler gives you your needed dose but long term effects have not been tested.
