Diabetes practices and regimens can vary between countries, hospitals / clinics, & specialists. Therefore what may be encouraged in one setting may not be so recommended in another. This insulin tutorial is not meant to provide a didactic (regimented / fixed) plan for using insulin. Rather the tutorial intends to show some ways of doing things, and provide some explanations as to why things may be done in a certain way. Furthermore it is hoped that this tutorial may encourage people to think a bit more about what insulin regimens are possible, & how they might be improved and / or tailored for an individual. In all this remember that people's mileage may vary - so what works for one person may not be appropriate for someone else. Therefore, as with all medical information on the Web, it is important that you consult your doctor or diabetes specialist before considering acting on any of the information discussed in this tutorial.


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Blood sugar and urine sugar


The higher the blood sugar level rises the more sugar runs over the "renal dam" and the more sugar appears in the urine.

18 mg/dl (mg%) of glucose = 1 mmol/l
18 mg/dl (mg%) of glucose = 1 mmol/l


Now do you understand why it is that the amount of sugar in the urine tells you something about the blood sugar level?

However you will also appreciate that quite wide swings (or changes) can occur in the blood glucose level with no change being detectable in the urine. This is why blood glucose determination is preferable to urine glucose measurement - especially in intensive conventional insulin therapy.

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The information presented at this site is for general use only and is not intended to provide personal medical advice or substitute for the advice of your doctor or diabetes specialist. If you have any questions about any of the information presented here, concerns about individual health matters or the management of your diabetes, please consult your doctor or diabetes specialist
The material in this on-line Diabetes / Insulin Tutorial has been drawn from a number of different sources.
However the original Web-based version can be found at the AIDA Website at: http://www.2aida.org/tutorial.

AIDA diabetes software simulator program of glucose-insulin interaction