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Growth Hormones maybe?
by glevert, Jan 26, 2008 12:00AM
Hi all,
Our 15 year old son is having a hard time for the past 3 days or so to lower his Blood Sugar (he's between 9.5 and 13 mmols). He is on Pump therapy using Humalog insulin. We're doing everything we were told to do (correction boluses, set changes, ratio adjustments, basal adjustments, etc...) but his BG won't go lower... We have heard that Growth Hormones like many other hormones could block Insulin Utilization.
Any advice, clues, help?
Thanks
Guy
Our 15 year old son is having a hard time for the past 3 days or so to lower his Blood Sugar (he's between 9.5 and 13 mmols). He is on Pump therapy using Humalog insulin. We're doing everything we were told to do (correction boluses, set changes, ratio adjustments, basal adjustments, etc...) but his BG won't go lower... We have heard that Growth Hormones like many other hormones could block Insulin Utilization.
Any advice, clues, help?
Thanks
Guy
Doctor's Answer
by JDRF-VOL-SG, Jan 26, 2008 12:00AM
Yes, a number of hormones can block insulin utilization. The best thing that I found when I was a teen was to lower my carb count some when this happened. He would need less insulin to cover smaller carb counts but would need to make up for any loss of calories due to the carb reduction by increasing protein and maybe fats to slow down digestion times. If you do lower his carb count some on days when he is running high, do check his glucose more often than usual to protect him from hypoglycemia. A lower carb count requires less insulin and if hormones block the action of the insulin, the highs won't be as bad.
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