(Shutterstock)A medical panel has formulated what is being described as the country’s first guidelines that specify certain modifications in medications to shepherd diabetes patients through periods of fasting and feasting. Diabetologists say patients with complicated diabetes under treatment with multiple drugs or insulin should ideally not undertake fasts. The insulin dose will need to be modified during the fasting period and patients using insulin should be rigorously monitored for hypoglycemic complications, the guidelines recommend. During Ramazan, diabetes patients should measure their blood glucose before and two hours after Iftar, before Suhur and at mid-day. Patients on insulin therapy should also have their blood sugar measured routinely during prolonged fasts such as Ramazan or Navaratri.

Source: The Telegraph September 28, 2019 20:15 UTC