instruction: hello doctor last month my mother went to the hospital for diabetics and her reading is 200 my before having food and after meal reading is 300 doctor gave her 35 points of insulin again she took her sugar test yesterday and her result is 180 within normal levels my mother suffering from fever right now so my question is do this fever occur due to high amount of insulin even though she was within limits now what should we do how much insulin should she take
output: hi from your history I have noted that your mother was diagnosed with uncontrolled type diabetes and was on insulin since one month now on review yesterday it was found that it is under control with the present dose of insulin coming to your concern insulin will not cause fever whatever dose you are taking but uncontrolled diabetes can be a trigger for infections like urinary infections chest infections and even be more cautious about insulin site infections if you are not properly injecting please make sure you are rotating the sites of injection between the abdomen thighs and upper arm viral fever ti urinary tract infection urine routine hba1c glycated hemoglobin serum creatinine abc complete blood count with ear erythrocyte sedimentation rate continue insulin in the prescribed dose rotate insulin site do regular exercise for 30 minutes per day follow strict diabetic diet review with the above reports please attach your old prescription