Diabetics
The Consultant Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Head of the Department of Internal Medicine and Diabetes at Prince Salman Hospital, Dr. Iman Abdul Rahman Shasha explained that diabetics can reduce the complications of the disease by about 60 percent, as the rate of sugar must be correct before everything and that it be
Hemoglobin A1C is less than 7, and therefore a large percentage of complications, about 60 percent, we guarantee that they will not occur, God willing, and let us know the rate of sugar from 6 weeks to 3 months.
During her hosting of the "Hello Ramadan Health" program, which was launched by the Ministry of Health represented by the Health Media Information Center in cooperation with Lurpak, Dr. Shasha indicated that fasting does not harm people with type 2 diabetes due to their need for a specific diet in addition to exercising and continuing to take medications. That is by taking the breakfast dose at the time of iftar, while the dose of the pre-dawn meal must be reduced, and in most cases the dose of medicines taken at the time of the dawn is by half in total .. noting that many of the questions received by the center were about long-term insulin, which is characterized by its survival. In the body 24 hours, stressing that whoever takes this type of insulin should not change his dose in the month of Ramadan, but take the same dose at breakfast time without any decrease.
She indicated that the appropriate time for a diabetic patient to have a home check-up is at two o''clock in the afternoon, immediately before breakfast, and two hours after breakfast, that is, at least 3 times a day.
Dr. Shasha stated about the possibility of increasing the dose of the medicine in the event that a diabetic consumes a lot of sweets during breakfast that there is no problem in increasing the dose of the medicine in the case in which a diabetic has to eat more food, but it is better to regulate his food during this month. .
She indicated that the level at which the sugar should be in diabetics is from 110 to 120 mg before breakfast, but after breakfast, the sugar must be in the range of 140-180 mg, and the fasting person must break his fast if the sugar level is 60 mg and below or 200 mg etc. Moreover, the patient is the most person who can determine his ability to continue fasting or not.
Dr. Iman warned against stopping insulin treatment and drugs and replacing them with herbs, because this matter poses a great danger in light of the ignorance of the sources of some herbs.
It is worth noting that the center will host Dr. Hafiza Al-Turkistani, a consultant obstetrician and gynecologist, tomorrow, Tuesday, from one in the afternoon until three in the afternoon, to answer your calls.
