Insulin question??

A good thing to remember about the peak time is the patient is at the most risk for developing hypoglycemia at the peak time.

peak time = peak performance (of the medication/drug)

What does insulin do --> decrease/buffer hyperglycemia or hypoglycemia

Therefore --> peak time = peak hypoglycemia

Best of luck

peak times for insulin is usually when the insulin works the hardest.

Speaking about peak times, can someone quickly re-explain "sick days?" Thanks to anyone who can break this down for me.

Speaking about peak times, can someone quickly re-explain "sick days?" Thanks to anyone who can break this down for me.

Pts must be taught sick days guidelines for managing their diabetes when ill. So a sick days is when a pt with diabetes feels bad or is sick. They tend to not take care of themselves as well, which is actually worse. They sometimes will feel so bad that they will want to eliminate insulin doses, especially when N/V; however, this is the worst idea ever. A pt should be educated about sick day rules and understand them. Several rules are:

*take insulin or oral antidiabetic agents as usual

*test glucose and urine ketones q 3-4 hr.

*report elevated results >300

*if taking insulin, may need supplemental doses of regular insulin q 3-4 hr

*unable to maintain meal paln, substitute soft foods, gleatin, cream soup, custard, 6 to 8 x per day

*N/V/D- take liquids cola, orange juice, gatorade q hr

These are just a few sick day rules . hope this helps

thanks for everyone's input, it was a huge help!

mystiqx,

Thanks for asking that question. I was having trouble with that also.

I do have another question if anyone can help.....

I don't understand what exactly a buffered insulin is, the text says something about it being buffered with phosphorus, but I am not realy sure I understand this.

Thanks

Kare