Q. I would like to buy a nice new blood glucose meter from the US for my Aunt in Dhaka who has diabetes. Since the test strips have an expiration date, I need to pick a meter that can take test strips which can be bought from Dhaka when she runs out of test strips. If you can provide the name and location of the store that sells test strips, please provide.
A. In Bangladesh we have plenty of Johnson & Johnson's ONETOUCH ULTRA2 LifeScan Blood Glucose Meter available with their spare strips. We got the following reference form the doctor:
Sonargaon Healthcare Pvt Ltd.
H-99 1st floor, 11/A Satmasjid Road, Dhanmondi, Dhaka.
Tel.: 8118823 and 9141657
Email: <sakarim@bonline.org>
If you go to Shahbagh Medicine shops or any medicine shops attached with famous Hospitals like Popular, Square, LabAid, United, Apollo etc then you can find the test strips easily.
PS. The cost of LifeScan strips here is atrocious. Therefore, try to bring enough strip in their original plastic containers so that it can cover the replenishment time within expiration date.
Disclaimer: I have no connection with above mentioned company in any manner. I have written above information from the equipment and bottles we bought locally and for our own use only.
Hope above helps.
Sonargaon Healthcare Pvt Ltd.
H-99 1st floor, 11/A Satmasjid Road, Dhanmondi, Dhaka.
Tel.: 8118823 and 9141657
Email: <sakarim@bonline.org>
If you go to Shahbagh Medicine shops or any medicine shops attached with famous Hospitals like Popular, Square, LabAid, United, Apollo etc then you can find the test strips easily.
PS. The cost of LifeScan strips here is atrocious. Therefore, try to bring enough strip in their original plastic containers so that it can cover the replenishment time within expiration date.
Disclaimer: I have no connection with above mentioned company in any manner. I have written above information from the equipment and bottles we bought locally and for our own use only.
Hope above helps.
How do you deal with Diabetes on a daily basis? is there a routine wihich you have to follow?
Q. I am a high school student doing a project on Diabetes. Part of the project consists of asking a few questions to people with Diabetes.
A. My eleven year old daughter has type 1 diabetes. She was diagnosed at the age of 8. She has been on the insulin pump for 2 1/2 years. Her daily routine starts with testing when she first awakens (about 6:30), followed by breakfast. She enters her blood glucose (BG) and the number of carbs she will eat into the pump and it calculates how much insulin she needs to cover these. At 10:00am she tests again to see if her number is good and either corrects (through the pump) or has a snack to elevate her BG if she is a little low.
She tests again at lunchtime (about 11:45) and repeats the process from breakfast. She tests a 4th time after school, (3:00ish) to see where her BG is. If she is participating in an after school sport she will need a snack to keep her BG up with the extra activity. At dinner time (roughly 6:00) she will repeat the testing and enter into the pump her BG and carbs. She tests for the 6th and last time (usually) at bedtime.
The pump holds insulin in a tube called a resevoir and delivers the insulin through a tube to a canula called an infusion set that is inserted under the skin of her abdomen area. The infusion set and resevoir need to be changed every 2-3 days and is done at home by me.
She sees her pediatric endocronoligist every 3 months for an HbA1c test, height/weight etc and to monitor how well she is managing her BG.
This is our typical daily routine. Which is subject to change at any time as her BG is affected by: an increase in physical activity, illness, stress, problem with the pump or set, etc etc
She tests again at lunchtime (about 11:45) and repeats the process from breakfast. She tests a 4th time after school, (3:00ish) to see where her BG is. If she is participating in an after school sport she will need a snack to keep her BG up with the extra activity. At dinner time (roughly 6:00) she will repeat the testing and enter into the pump her BG and carbs. She tests for the 6th and last time (usually) at bedtime.
The pump holds insulin in a tube called a resevoir and delivers the insulin through a tube to a canula called an infusion set that is inserted under the skin of her abdomen area. The infusion set and resevoir need to be changed every 2-3 days and is done at home by me.
She sees her pediatric endocronoligist every 3 months for an HbA1c test, height/weight etc and to monitor how well she is managing her BG.
This is our typical daily routine. Which is subject to change at any time as her BG is affected by: an increase in physical activity, illness, stress, problem with the pump or set, etc etc
How did diabetes start for you?
Q. type one or type two, I want to know how all of this starts. how were you feeling when you diagnosed? what led to you going to the doctor? and were you hyper or hypoglycemic?
A. I was 11 & diabetes wasn't something that either my mother or father had, so it wasn't a big concern when I started to feel sick. My mother treated it like a cold & kept me in bed, feeding me popsicles & chiken soup.
It wasn't until I started going to the restroom almost every 20 minutes & asking for water that my mother concerned about my symptoms. I remember after lying in bed for almost 4-5 days I asked her "Am I going to die?" & she took me to our doctor's office. (I know it sounds morose, but it wasn't as depressing as it sounds when I asked her) Immediately after coming to the doctor's office he said I had type 1 diabetes & called for an ambulance.
The last thing I remember was being hauled to the car before going to the doctor's office. I collapsed & went into a sugar-induced coma. I woke up 2 days later in the ICU & was told my blood sugar was 1461 when they admitted me. (That's not a typo or an exaggeration...it was one thousand four hundred and sixty-one)
Luckily after a 5 day stay at the hospital I was released & taught a TON about the pancreas, dieting & measuring my food intake.
It wasn't until I started going to the restroom almost every 20 minutes & asking for water that my mother concerned about my symptoms. I remember after lying in bed for almost 4-5 days I asked her "Am I going to die?" & she took me to our doctor's office. (I know it sounds morose, but it wasn't as depressing as it sounds when I asked her) Immediately after coming to the doctor's office he said I had type 1 diabetes & called for an ambulance.
The last thing I remember was being hauled to the car before going to the doctor's office. I collapsed & went into a sugar-induced coma. I woke up 2 days later in the ICU & was told my blood sugar was 1461 when they admitted me. (That's not a typo or an exaggeration...it was one thousand four hundred and sixty-one)
Luckily after a 5 day stay at the hospital I was released & taught a TON about the pancreas, dieting & measuring my food intake.
How young can you detect Type 1 Diabetes in an infant?
Q. Diabetes runs in my husbands side of the family, and he was diagnosed at 11 withtype 1 diabetes. We have a 6 month old baby girl and im just curious as to how early type 1 diabetes can be detected or how early it can occur. I Would appriciate any info on the type of tests that are run to diagnose this in an infant or young child.Thanks!
A. You or your doctor can press a glucose stick into a very wet diaper.
Any sugar would show up.
Babies are checked at birth.
You should let your doctor know your concerns in advance and he can do regular tests .
Good luck.
Any sugar would show up.
Babies are checked at birth.
You should let your doctor know your concerns in advance and he can do regular tests .
Good luck.
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