BG Target Ranges

[mum2westiesGill]

I know that if your BG goes over the upper number of your target range you may need to do a correction dose of insulin depending on how much active insulin you already have but what should you do if BG goes under the lower number?

 

[Kaylz]

Sorry I don't understand the question, what do you mean by the lowest number? Could you be more specific about what your trying to find the answer to? x

 

[Sally71]

It depends what your lower number is, but usually if you drop below it means you are hypo and need to eat some sugar quickly!

 

[Kaylz]

It depends what your lower number is, but usually if you drop below it means you are hypo and need to eat some sugar quickly!

That's why I'm slightly confused! Lol, although I think since Gill got out the hospital her target ranges are higher than the 4-7 etc that's why ive asked to be more specific x

 

[AJLang]

Hi Gill what is your lower number? For example my target range on my meter is 5-7. This means that if it suggests corrections they will be to the middle of the target I.e. 6.
If my BG was below 5 it would depend upon what I was doing e.g. If it is 5 and I'm not doing anything paricularly physical then I would leave it. But if it was around 4.2 I would have a very small amount of carbs to prevent a possible hypo.

 

[novorapidboi26]

If you are using a bolus calculator on a meter it should subtract some insulin off your bolus and.......depending on how low you are of course....

if your injecting though and not on a pump its probably easier to either have a small amount of carbs uncovered or take 1 unit off your calculation....

 

[mum2westiesGill]

Hi, my BG target range was 4-12mmol when I came out of hospital after the DKA. I did know in hospital that they would tighten things up a little so now they've suggested 5-10mmol which I'm happy to give a go with. Also they explained that if it goes over the higher number ie 10mmol at mealtimes to add the correction dose to the mealtime dose - it's not a good thing to be doing correction doses in between meals - if it is below the lower number ie 5 & next meal isn't due then grab a little snack or maybe also think about reducing the next mealtime insulin by 1u - obviously if it was hypo the treat straight away

 

[mum2westiesGill]

If you are using a bolus calculator on a meter it should subtract some insulin off your bolus and.......depending on how low you are of course....

if your injecting though and not on a pump its probably easier to either have a small amount of carbs uncovered or take 1 unit off your calculation....

Yes I do use a meter with the bolus calculator it's the Accu-Chek Aviva Expert Meter 🙂 & it adds units on for corrections or takes units off depending on how low you are.

The thing is recently I've been ignoring what my meter has been advising me etc which eventually led to the DKA - NOT something I'd like to have again 😡 - I now feel so sorry for people who are struggling incase of what it might lead to