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What Causes Lethargy During Treatment For Diabetes?
This is Babu, Actually my father taking treatment for Diabetes since 2004,But two weeks before he suffered totally with the stomach problem with the ,and he admitted one private hospital and discharged one week before.But now the problem is he is not feeling well after two days of discharge ,he is always telling very tired ,lazy like that,But he could take normal food .Sir can you tell me the problem for that tired(dull)
Wed, 13 Aug 2014
Dear Babu,
I presume your dad was admitted with Some gastroenterology infection. Generally speaking, in a diabetic patient the blood sugars tend to fluctuate with some kind of infection and stress. So accordingly the dose of medicines is adjusted to control blood sugars. Once the patient recovers and is back home the stress of admission comes down and slowly the patient returns back to normal. At this point of time there is a chance that the dosage of medicines were a little high. I would suggest you to check his blood sugars regularly and fine tune his medications. I am sure he will be perfectly fine.
All the very best and get back to us if you need anything...
Dr.Riyaz Sheriff
I presume your dad was admitted with Some gastroenterology infection. Generally speaking, in a diabetic patient the blood sugars tend to fluctuate with some kind of infection and stress. So accordingly the dose of medicines is adjusted to control blood sugars. Once the patient recovers and is back home the stress of admission comes down and slowly the patient returns back to normal. At this point of time there is a chance that the dosage of medicines were a little high. I would suggest you to check his blood sugars regularly and fine tune his medications. I am sure he will be perfectly fine.
All the very best and get back to us if you need anything...
Dr.Riyaz Sheriff
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