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Suffered Brain Haemorrhage, Diabetic. Has Cold, Cough, Chest Congestion. Treat With Deriphylline?
My father-in-law has been a type-2 diabetic for quite a lot of years now and recently suffered a brain haemmorage He is now suffering from severe cough from cold and chest congestion with mild breathlessness also. Can we treat him with Deriphylline medicine considering his diabetics - is it a steroid that will increase the sugar levels?
Wed, 14 Nov 2012
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Elderly with T2DM associated with cerebral hge, with chest infection-better to manage with duollin/budecort inhalations along with insulin according to blood sugars with chest physio. the above measures will improve the pt's condition.
All the best
dr.p.r.ganesan, diabetologist.
Elderly with T2DM associated with cerebral hge, with chest infection-better to manage with duollin/budecort inhalations along with insulin according to blood sugars with chest physio. the above measures will improve the pt's condition.
All the best
dr.p.r.ganesan, diabetologist.
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