Hi. My 8 year old son has T1 newly diagnosed. His sugar level was 13 before he ate his lunch. So i added a extra unitof insulin to his lunch doze hoping it will bring it down. That is right what im doing isnt it? So should bring it down to 10?
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High level of sugar
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Sally71
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How much it will bring it down by is very individual, but yes you have the right idea that to bring down a high blood sugar you add a bit extra insulin on. If your medical team have told you that 1 unit brings him down by 3 mmol then go with that and see what happens.
Northerner
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Hi Claire, welcome to the forum 🙂 I agree with Sally - it will vary from person to person how much levels will be reduced by one unit of insulin, because it will depend to a large extent on how sensitive they are to insulin in the first place - some people need only very small amounts of insulin with their meals, for example, so an extra unit might bring their levels down more than 3 mmol/l. The principle is correct though 🙂 The amount extra that you use for a 'correction' should therefore be agreed with his DSN, and it's worth doing a couple of extra tests if possible just to keep an eye on how well it works 🙂
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