80M DIABETES, HYPERTENSION 30YRS, CKD 13YRS.TELANGANA.PAJR
04-05-2024
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CAMP CASE
80 YR OLD MALE
CHIEF COMPLAINTS
Came with c/o giddiness since 15days.
HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS
Patient was apparently asymptomatic 15 days back and then had giddiness which was episodic daily once, morning before lunch and with blurring of vision during that episode and is relieved after taking food.
PATIENT HISTORY
1. The patient has tingling and numbness of lower limbs since 10yrs, extending from tip of toes to shin of tibia.
2. Burning sensation of feet since 5yrs.
3. Chest pain since 4 days, pricking type on and off. No precipitating factors.
4. Loose stools for one day which was one week back and subsided with medication.
5. No history of polyuria polydypsia.
No history of decrease in urine output, burning micturition.
No history of fever, Pedal Edema, facial puffiness.
No history of constipation.
No history of similar complaints at night times.
No history of SOB, Palpitations.
PAST HISTORY
Known case of hypertension on tab Telma AM 40/5
Known case of Diabetes on injection
Mixtard 20U BBF, 15U BD
Known case of CKD since 13yrs.
Known case of HFPEF 2° to CAD since one month.
History of stable angina, one month back.
No other comorbidities.
PERSONAL HISTORY
Married
Diet- Mixed
Apetite- Decreased
Sleep - Adequate
Bowel movements- Constipation
Bladder habits- Regular
Addictions- Alcoholic and smoker. Stopped 8 yrs back.
Allergies - No.
GENERAL EXAMINATION
O/e, Pt c/c/c
Temperature- Afebrile
Pulse - 80 b/ min
BP - 130/70 mmhg
No Pallor, No Icterus, No Cyanosis, No Clubbing, No Pedal Edema, No Lymphadenopathy
SYSTEMIC EXAMINATION
CVS- S1, S2 Heard.
Rs - Bae+nt, nvbs
GRBS - 300
P/A- Soft.nt
CNS - Tone normal
Power - 5/5 in all limbs.
Reflexes - B.+1.+1, T.+2.+2
S ---K.+1+1, A--, P- Ff
SENSORY SYSTEM
Fine touch - Intact
Crude touch - Intact
Vibration sense - Decreased in lower limbs.
TREATMENT
1. Tab.Telma AM 40/5 PO/OD
2. Tab.Pregabalin 75mg PO/OD
3. Tab.Ultracet PO/BD
4. Inj.HAI SC TID According to GRBS.
5. GRBS 7 hrly profile.
6. BP monitoring 4th hrly.
7. Inform SOS
8. Tab.Dytor Plus 10/25. PO/OD
9. Tab.Ecosprin AV 75/10 PO/HS
10. Tab.Pan 40mg PO/OD
11. Strict Diabetic diet.
05-05-2024
MEDICATION SAME AS ABOVE.
PROVISIONAL DIAGNOSIS
Peripheral neuropathy (sensory and motor) secondary to Diabetes Mellitus.
Diabetes Mellitus since 30 yrs
Hypertension since 30 yrs
Chronic Kidney Disease since 13yrs secondary to??DM
History of stable angina one month back.
HF PEF, BPH
04-05-2024
Admission Date.
06-05-2024
Discharge date
Ward - MMW , Unit:11.
DIAGNOSIS
Peripheral Neuropathy (sensory and motor).
Diabetes Mellitus since 30yrs
Hypertension since 30yrs
CKD since 13yrs
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.
CASE HISTORY AND CLINICAL FINDINGS
c/o. Giddiness since 15days
History of present illness.
Patient was apparently asymptomatic 15 days back. Then developed episodes of giddiness after which blurring of vision and sweating relieved after taking food.
Daily one episode.
History of Chest pain since 4 days, pricking type on and off.
No precipitating factors.
History of tingling numbness of lower limbs since 10yrs extending from tip of toes to shin of tibia.
History of burning sensation of feet since 5yrs.
History of loose stools for one day which was one week back and subsided with medication followed by pain abdomen in umbilical region since then no history of loss of apetite since one week.
No history of Polyuria, Polydypsia.
No history of Palpitations, SOB.
No history of Hypoglycemic event at night.
No history of decreased urine output, burning micturition.
No history of Fever, Pedal Edema, facial puffiness.
PAST HISTORY
Known case of hypertension since 30yrs and on Tab.Telma am 40/5.
Known case of diabetes since 30yrs on inj
Mixtard 20U (BBF)-X 15U (BBF).
Known case of CKD since 13yrs.
ON EXAMINATION
Patient is conscious, coherent, cooperative.
Temperature - Afebrile
Pulse - 80bts/min
BP - 110/80mmgh
CVS - S1 S2 Heard no murmurs.
RS - BAE - Present NVB
P/A - Soft, non tender.
OPHTHALMOLOGY REFERRAL
I/V/O - Diabetic Retinopathy Impression-
Normal Fundus Study.
INVESTIGATIONS
04-05-2024
RFT ( RENAL FUNCTION TEST)
Name Value. Range
Urea - 37mg/dl. 50-17mg
Creatinine - 2.6mg/dl. 1.3-0.8mg/dl
Uric acid - 6.7mmol/L, 7.2-3.5 mmol
Calcium - 10mg/dl. 10.2 - 8.6mg/dl
Phosphorus - 2.7mg/dl. 4.5-2.5mg/dl
Sodium - 137mmol. 145-136mmol
Potassium - 4.6mmol. 5.1- 3.5mmol
Chloride - 102mmol. 98 - 107mmol
LFT ( LIVER FUNCTION TEST)
Total bilurubin - 0.20mg/dl 0.2-0.0mg/dl
SGOT(AST)- 12 IU/L. 35 - 0 IU/L
SGPT(ALT) - 10 IU/L. 45 - 0IU/L
Alkaline phosphate- 179 IU/L. 119-56IU/L
Total proteins- 6.9gm/dl. 8.3-6.4gm/dl
Albumin - 4.0gm/dl. 4.6-3.2gm/dl
A/G Ratio- 1.42
HBSAG Rapido - Negative Anti HCV antibodies.
PM Rapido - Non Reactive.
COMPLETE URINE EXAMINATION
Colour- Pale yellow
Appearance - Clear
Reaction - Acidic
SP.Gravity - 1.010
Albumin - Nil
Sugar - + + +
Bile salts - Nil
Bile pigments - Nil
Pus cells - 2-3
Epithelial cells- 2-3
RBC - Nil
Crystals- Nil
Casts - Nil
Amorphous deposits - Absent
Others - Nil
Post Lunch Sugar - 196mg/dl. 140-0mg/dl
ABG - PH- 7.33
PCO - 229.7
PO - 290
HCO - 315.3 st.
HCO - 317.2
BEB - 9.1
BEecf -9.4
TCO - 231.702
Sat - 96.102
HB - 11.1
TLC - 6700
PLT - 2.80
RBC - 3.55
HBA1C - 7.1%
FBS - 70mg/dl
PLBS - 196mg/dl
SPOT UPCR
Spot Urine Protein- 6.0
Spot Urine Creatinine- 87.5
Ratio - 0.06
2D ECHO - EF - 65%
IVC - 0.7cm
Collapsing Trivial TR+/AR+
No MR
No RWMA
No AS/MS
Sclerotic AV
Good LV systolic function
Grade 1 Diastolic dysfunction
No PAH/PE/LV Clot
06-05-2024
USG Abdomen and Pelvis
Impression - B/L
Grade 1 RPD
Changes in Kidney
B/L , RENAL Cortical Cysts.
Grade 1 Prostatomegaly.
TREATMENT GIVEN (Enter only generic name)
Tab.Telma AM 40/5 PO/OD
Tab.Dytor Plus 10/25 PO/OD
Tab.Pregabalin 75mg PO/HS
Tab.Ecosprin AV 75/10 PO/HS
Tab.Pan 40mg PO/OD
Inj.HAI S/C TID ACC To GRBS
Tab.Shelcal-XT PO/OD
Tab.Nodosis 500mg PO/OD
Advice at Discharge
Tab.Telma am 40/5 PO/OD Continue
Tab.Dytor Plus 10/25 PO/OD × 1 month
Tab.Pregabalin 75mg PO/HS +Continue
Tab.Pan 40mg PO/OD ×5days.
Tab.Shelcal - XT PO/OD× 15days.
Tab.Nodosis 500mg PO/OD× 1 month
Inj.HAI S/C TID 8U-8U-8U
ADMISSION DATE - 18-05-2024
DISCHARGE DATE - 20-5-2024
Ward GM MW Unit 1
DIAGNOSIS - Acute Gastritis
Known case of Diabetes Mellitus since 30yrs
Known case of hypertension since 10yrs
CKD Stage 4
CLINICAL HISTORY AND CLINICAL FINDINGS
CHIEF COMPLAINTS
Difficulty in breathing since 2 months.
Hard stools since 1 month
Bloating of abdomen since 1 month
Giddiness since 1 week
HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS
Patient was apparently asymptomatic 2
months back, then he developed difficulty
in breathing which is of grade 2 with no aggrevating and relieving factors.
Complaints of hard pellet stools without any blood tinge since one month.
C/o Bloating of abdomen since 1 month.
No history of Chest tightness.
History of Orthopnea,PND.
No history of bleeding manifestations.
PAST HISTORY
Known case of hypertension on tab.Cinod
10mg.
BD since 10yrs.
Known case of Diabetes since 30yrs on inj.HAI 8U-10U-8U
Known case of CKD since 13yrs, on Nodosis 500mg.
PERSONAL HISTORY
Diet - Mixed
Apetite - Normal
Bowel and Bladder movements- Regular
No known allergies and Addictions.
FAMILY HISTORY
Not Significant
GENERAL EXAMINATION
Patient is c/c/c
Temp. Afebrile
Pulse - 80bts/min
RR - 20 cpm
BP - 110/70mmgh
Spo2 - 98 @RA
SYSTEMIC EXAMINATION
CVS: S1 S2 Heard no murmurs
Respiratory system- BAE +
P/A - Soft, non tender
CNS - No focal neurological defects.
INVESTIGATIONS
RFT
Name. Value. Range
Urea. 39mg/dl. 50- 17mg/dl
Creatinine. 2.4mg/dl. 1.3- 0.8mg/dl
Uric acid 4.4mmol/L. 7.2 - 3.5mmol/L
Calcium. 9.8mg/dl. 10.2- 8.6mg/dl
Phosphorus 3.1mg/dl. 4.5 - 2.5mg/dl
Sodium 139mmol/L. 145 - 136mmol/L
Potassium 4.3mmol/L 5.1- 3.5mmol/L
Chloride 105mmol/L. 98 - 107mmol/L
LFT
Total bilurubin 0.59mg/dl. 1 - 0mg/dl
Direct bilurubin 0.14mg/dl 2 -0mg/dl
SGOT(AST) 27IU/L. 35 - 0 IU/L
SGPT (ALT) 16 IU/L. 45- 0 IU/L
Alkaline phosphate 162 IU/L 119-56 IU/L
Total proteins 6.6gm/dl. 8.3 - 6.4gm/dl
Albumin. 4.08gm/dl. 4.6 - 3.2gm/dl
A/G Ratio. 1.62
COMPLETE URINE EXAMINATION (CUE)
Colour - Pale yellow
Appearance - Clear
Reaction- Acidic
SP Gravity - 1.01
Albumin- Trace
Sugar - Nil
Bile salts- Nil
Bile pigments - Nil
Pus cells - 3 - 4
Epithelial cells- 2 -3
Red blood cells- Nil
Crystals- Nil
Amorphous deposits- Absent
Others - Nil
HBSAG - Rapid
Negative Anti HCV antibodies- Rapid
Non reactive
HBA1C - 6.6%
TREATMENT GIVEN (Enter only generic name)
1. Inj.HAI SC TID 4U-6U-4U
2. Tab.Nodosis 500mg PO/OD 0 -1 - 0
3. Tab.Ecosprin 5/10 PO/HS 0 - 0 -1
4. Tab.Dytor Plus 10/25 PO/OD @10am
5. Tab.Cinod 10mg PO/BD. 1 - 0 - 1
6. Syp Cremaffin 20ml PD/HS 0 - 0
20-05-2024
OPHTHALMOLOGY REFERRAL
I/V/O FUNDOSCOPIC EXAMINATION
No evidence of Diabetic or Hypertemdove
Retinopathy changes.
COURSE IN HOSPITAL
An 80yr old male came with Difficulty in breathing since 2 months, hard stools since 1 month, Bloating of abdomen since 1month, giddiness since 1 week.
Patient was diagnosed as acute Gastritis.
Known case of Diabetes Mellitus since 30yrs.
Known case of hypertension since 10yrs
CKD disease stage 4.
All the necessary investigation were done.
20-05-2024
OPHTHALMOLOGY REFERRAL
I/V/O Fundoscopic examination.
No evidence of Diabetic or Hypertemdove
Retinopathy changes. Patient treated conservatively and accordingly. Patient's symptoms subsided. Patient discharged in Hemodynamically stable state.
ADVICE AT DISCHARGE
1. Inj.HAI SC TID 4U-6U-4U continue
2. Tab.Nodosis 500mg PO/OD 0 - 1 - 0
Continue
3. Tab.Ecosprin A 5/10 PO/HS 0 - 0 - 1
Continue
4. Tab.Dytor Plus 10/25 PO/OD @ 10am
Continue
5. Tab.Cinod 10mg PO/BD 1 - 0 -1
Continue
6. Syp Cremaffin 20ml PO/HS 0 - 0 - 1
7 days.
26-05-2024
PPM 1 - Is he on 6U Insulin before meals tid? Can someone update all his post Discharge regularly shared Insulin taken daily and glucose results through smbg(self monitoring of blood glucose)?
PPM 2 - He was discharged on Monday sir and asked to take 4U-6U-4U HAI.
Tuesday and Wednesday he took same dose. Thursday morning he took 4U. He went out on some personal work and was busy. So skipped afternoon and night Insulin. Friday FBS was 150, he took 6U HAI. So asked to continue 6U - 6U -6U and share his post meal sugars 3 days later. Current Diet
Morning - Ragi Java 1 small glass
Afternoon - Rice and curry.
Night - Ragi Roti (1-2)
No habit of drinking Tea or Coffee.
July 2024
Following are the conversations between PaJR moderator and PGY1, when the PGY1 visited his village for a medical camp and followed him up there.
PPM 1 - Does he have renal failure?
PG - KCO CKD sir.
PPM 1 - Last serum creatinine?
PG - He was adviced not to take more than 1.5 lit of water it seems sir.
PG - 2.8 on 17-06-2024 sir.
PPM 1 - Stop Mixtard. Start only 4U regular before every meal only if pre meal glucometer shows blood sugar above 200.
PG - Patient doesn't has glucometer sir.
PPM 1 - Make him buy one and train him to use it now.
PG - I will advise sir but he doesn't seem to be affordable. He has been using biphasic even though we advised actrapid because it is provided by the government.
Ther is community screening twice a month in this village sir, if he isn't buying glucometer all he can do is get his GRBS checked twice a month.
His GRBS now is 174mg/dl
I tried convincing him sir but he will buy and post the picture in the group.
PPM 1 - Alright then ask him to stop all insulin.
Hypoglycemia is more dangerous for him than hyperglycemia.
You mean government is finding it cheaper to provide biphasic insulin which is costlier in the market than the soluble insulin which is supposed to be cheaper?
PG - He went back home a few minutes ago sir, he said he would buy actrapid and get checked his GRBS with RMP's glucometer by lending it.
PPM 1 - Is regular insulin costlier than biphasic?
Can you share some images of his village as well as images of his nearest govt health centre.
PPM 1 - Trip to a primary health centre 10kms from our hospital.
07-10-2024
PPM 1 - Will be nice if you can post a voice message in response to his voice posts here @ PA
08-10-2024
PA - Good morning Doctor. I spoke to this patient just now. His FBS is 125-130, 20 days back. PLBS not checked. He is taking morning 6U Insulin, evening 6U
Sodium bicarbonate 500mg morning and evening. I asked him to share his health issues through voice message.
PPM 1 - Thanks
09-10-2024
PA - Should the patient continue with the above medicines?
PPM 1 - He can stop the Sodium bicarbonate and continue with the rest.
PA - His Creatinine level was 2.4 in August.
Should he check them again?
He wants to know why to stop Sodium bicarbonate tablets?
PPM 1 - Can check.
That's a good question necessitating our case reporter to get into the evidence search and processing mode. As usual we can begin with @Meta AI here to answer the question after refraining it for her.
What is the efficacy of oral Sodium bicarbonate tablets in Chronic renal failure? Please substantiate your statements with randomized controlled data mentioning the studies and analyse each one of them in a PICO format taking care to mention the absolute values of Intervention and Outcomes numbers and not percentages.
Meta AI
To address the question regarding the efficacy of oral Sodium bicarbonate tablets in Chronic Renal failure. I'll provide an overview and summarize relevant studies in the PICO format.
Overview
Chronic Renal failure also known as Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is characterized by progressive Kidney damage and loss of function. Metabolic acidosis, common in CKD can exacerbate Kidney damage. Oral Sodium bicarbonate supplementation has been explored as a potential treatment to mitigate Metabolic acidosis.
Studies
1. Study - McMahon et.aI (2013)[1] PICO
• Population: 134 pts with stage 4 CKD and Metabolic acidosis
• Intervention : Oral Sodium bicarbonate
(600 -1800mg/day) or placebo.
• Comparator : Placebo
• Outcome : Change in GFR(Glomerular
Filtration Rate) over 2 yrs.
Results :
• Intervention group: GFR Decreased by 2.22mL/min/1.73m2
• Comparator group: GFR Decreased by 5.52mL/min/1.73m2
• Absolute Difference: 3.3mL/min/1.73m2
(P=0.01)
2. Study:
deBrito- Ashurst et.aI (2012)[2] PICO
• Population: 108 pts with stage 4 CKD and Metabolic acidosis.
• Intervention: Oral Sodium bicarbonate
(600 -1200m/day) or standard care.
• Comparator: Standard care.
• Outcome : Rate of decline in eGFR
(estimated GFR) over 2 yrs.
Results:
• Intervention group: eGFR decline Rate reduced by 1.87mL/min/1.73m2/year
• Comparator group : eGFR declined Rate of 3.10mL/min/1.73m2/year.
• Absolute Difference: 1.23mL/min/1.73m2/year(P=0.02)
3. Study
Susantitaphong et.aI (2012)[3] PICO
• Population: 60pts with CKD stages 3-4 and Metabolic acidosis.
• Intervention: Oral Sodium bicarbonate
(500-100mg/day) or no treatment.
• Comparator: No treatment
• Outcome: Change in Serum bicarbonate levels over 12 weeks.
Results:
• Intervention group: Serum bicarbonate increased from17.6 to 23.1mmol/L
• Comparator group: Serum bicarbonate remained stable (18.1 -18.3mmol/L)
• Absolute Difference: 5.5mmol/L(P<0.01)
Analysis
These studies suggest that oral bicarbonate supplementation can :
1. Slow the decline in Kidney function
(GFR/eGFR) in pts with advanced CKD and Metabolic acidosis .
2. Improve Serum bicarbonate levels effectively treating Metabolic acidosis.
However it's crucial to consider the following:
• Dose and duration of Sodium bicarbonate therapy varied across studies.
• Potential risk, such asvolume overload and hypernatremia, were not consistently reported.
• Long term benefits and potential impact on hard Outcomes (eg.progression to ESRD, mortality) require further investigation.
Limitations:
• Small to moderate sample sizes.
• Variability in Study design and Outcomes.
Conclusion
Oral Sodium bicarbonate tablets may be beneficial in treating Metabolic acidosis and slowing Kidney function decline in pts with Chronic Renal failure. However, treatment decisions should be individualized, considering potential risks and need for ongoing monitoring.
References:
[1] McMahon et.aI- (2013)
Oral Sodium bicarbonate in predialysis pts with CKD Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 8(5), 679 - 687.
[2] deBrito- Ashurst et.aI (2012).
Bicarbonate supplementation slows Progression of CKD and improves nutritional status. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 23(10), 1738- 1745
[3] Susantitaphong et.aI (2012).
Efficacy and safety of oral Sodium bicarbonate for treatment of Metabolic acidosis in CKD patients. Journal of Renal Nutrition, 25(5), 493 - 502.
PPM 1 - @ Meta AI, thanks. The studies look impressive but we cannot agree with your conclusion. To us the data appears to suggest that Sodium bicarbonate tabs hardly had any effect that can be called clinically significant.
Meta AI: I appreciate your critical evaluation, you're right, upon re Examining the stud, the effects of oral Sodium bicarbonate on slowing Kidney function decline and improving Metabolic acidosis may be statistically significant but clinically modest. Let's dive deeper into the studies, Limitations and potential implications.
McMahon et.aI (2013)
• The absolute Difference in GFR decline between Intervention and placebo groups was 3.30mL/min/1.73m2 over 2 yrs, which may not be clinically significant.
• The studies small sample size(n=134) and high dropout rate (20%) might have impacted the results.
deBrito- Ashurst et.aI (2012).
• The reduction in eGFR decline rate was 1.23mL/min/1.73m2/Yr. which may not
be clinically meaningful.
• The study had a relatively short follow-up period (2yrs) and a small sample size (n=108).
Susantitaphong et.aI (2012).
• The increase in Serum bicarbonate levels was significant, but its clinical implications are unclear.
• The study's small sample size (n=60) and short duration (12 weeks) limit, the generalizability of the findings.
Considering these limitations, it's reasonable to conclude that the available evidence does not strongly support the use of oral Sodium bicarbonate tablets as a clinically effective treatment for Chronic Renal failure.
PPM 1 - @PA the biggest challenge now would be to translate the above to our patient advocate for 80M here.
16-10-2024
PPM 1 - @ PA can you translate the just of his update?
PA - He is just saying Namaste Doctor garu.
PPM 1 - I guess it's also saying a lot about what remains to be desired from the PaJR interface that currently lacks their human empathic reciprocation.
How do we humanize this interface other than by having more human team members who may actually engage with the patients and talk to them daily in a human voice, rather than our asynchronous, flat ( two dimensional) text that we PaJR team delivers may have become used to?
PA - The patient is calling me if he has any doubt and I asked him to share his health issues whenever required.
PPM 1 - 👍
PA - I just now spoke to this PA, the patient missed his Tab.Pan 40mg and Temsin D for 2 days and is feeling uneasy with bloating and problem with urination.
Now he is lacking good sleep. If any change in medication please suggest.
PPM 1 - We need to evaluate why he's not able to sleep. Will his sleep return to normal if he resumes his previous medications is another hypothesis worth testing?
PA - He is willing to come and meet you.
Expressed some doubts.
PPM 1 - 👍
PA - Doctor the patient is having body pains, pain in his soles(feet) and is feeling feverish. Any medication you would advise?
PPM 1 - He can start taking paracetamol 500mg every 6hrs for today only. He must show his temperature readings every 4 hrs.
PA - No fever just body pains. With some hectic work he experienced body pains.
29-10-2024
PA - Doctor The patient is complaining of body pains still and has pain in the back while breathing.
PPM 1 - Since when?
PA - His body pains are still continuing. His backache while breathing is since 5 days.
PPM 1 - Has he experienced the same before?
Sounds like he may have had an osteoporosis vertebral fracture that can be confirmed on an X Ray.
PA - The patient did not experience the pain earlier. He wants to meet you.
PPM 1 - 👍.
31-10-2024
PA - The patient wants to come tomorrow and meet you.
01-11-2024
PPM 1 - Seeing the patient right now with @PPM2 and @PPM3.
Plan to admit him with PPM4 on 23rd November and then take him with us for a live demonstration of his requirements for potential IoT solutions on 28th November to UoH.
PPM 1 - The Serum Creatinine now appears to be just 1.5mg which is a good news as it means the patient's Kidney is functioning much better!
02-11-2024
PA - The patient is happy with improvement in health. Any advice for him Doctor?
PPM 1 - We are also happy. He needs to share his hrly activities regularly other than the food plates he is sharing.
We are trying to talk to the organizers to help us to take him to UoH where he can present his own requirements for the engineering faculty there during the workshop and provide them with better insights on developing IoT systems toward helping many like him.
PA - The Patient says there is no much activity for him to share.
PPM 1 - 👍.
02-11-2024
PA - The patient borrowed Glucometer and BP monitor.
PPM 1 - 👏
PA - The patient experienced Pedal Edema after taking Ultracet half tablet two times in a day for 2 days. And hence stopped Ultracet.
PPM 1 - Alright. Hope his body pains are better. Ultracet may not be indicated for more than 2 days especially if his body pains are reduced.
PA - There was some relief with Ultracet.
The patient cannot afford to buy sugar monitoring strips to share his daily sugar values.
PPM 1 - Alright, he's supposed to get admitted with us on 25th November. Please ask him to come with the free government Insulin and we shall try to adjust the dosage accordingly. The UoH conference organizers have already arranged for transportation to take him from hospital to UoH on 28th November where we shall try to discuss his rural remote last mile issues as a case study for IoT tech toward better home health outcomes.
PPM 3 - In and around Karnataka we have used some of the personal donor's funds to equip the H & WEs(Arogya Mandirs) with Glucometers and consumables to do the test absolutely free. May involve a lil.trek to the center. Maybe not daily but these centers are also equipped to do an HBA1C Rapid test, if indicated I was just wondering if the Pedal Edema was in some way associated with the back pain(depends on the approx location of the pain and 'type' of Pain. But do you reckon, ruling out AKI or any form of impaired Kidney function (cGFR - We have equipped H & WC with this test too)? Also rule out causes due to insufficient venous function due to underlying heart related issues (pitting edema or quick check using Audicor - EMAT% 😁 or poorly exercised Soleus muscles? Warning - am not a physician.
PPM 1 - 👍
Yes we have some information and discussion here on his Renal function, if you go back to the previous texts, his Renal function appears to be better than before with creatinine dropping from his usual 2.5 to 1.5 last week!
He should be having heart failure and if I had access to him and an echocardiography probe at the same time I could easily confirm that but then as a minimalist clinician I'm used to tolerating uncertainty and acting on valid clinical suspicions alone(acting as in being and doing minimalistic helps).
Hope to have this kind of discussion on November 28th with the engineers at UoH.
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PPM 1- Updates @PPM3,@ PPM4,@PPM5
PPM 3 - Sir
BP
6pm - 160/100
8pm - 150/90. Tab Cinod 10mg
2am - 130/90
7am - 140/70
GRBS
6pm - 210
8pm - 172 Inj Mixtard (70/30)6U
10pm - 299
2am - 330
7am - 69. (Sweating present, no other symptoms)
Routine investigations were sent and reports will be updated now sir.
PPM 1 - Thanks for the updates after yesterday's admission.
So we can only use 4U of Mixtard from tonight and the most important question now is if we can give him 4U also in the morning!
Let's try just 2U today morning before breakfast?
And we shall make it 2U of Mixtard at night too
Which means we may have to add regular insulin also to the regime as you can see that the post meals sugars till 2;00AM were pretty high!
I guess we need to check the midnight blood sugars at 3;00AM rather than 2;00AM?
PPM 3 - Ok sir.
PPM 1 - This is the patient's life events data collected yesterday by @PPM6 that we hope to also share as a live demo coming out from the patient's microphone!
An 80- year- old male , born and raised in a middle- class family, had a father who practiced as an Ayurvedic doctor, treating people with herbal medications.
He grew up with two elder sisters, one younger sister, and a younger brother.
In his early years, he experienced the tragic loss of his eldest sister to Hansen's disease.
A few years later, his second elder sister passed away after using herbal medications for suspected cancer.
After his father's death from a brain stroke, financial hardships forced him to leave school.
To support his family, he began working in handlooms while attending night school.
The loss of his sisters motivated him to pursue a career in medicine and follow in his father's footsteps.
He got married in 1962.
Later, his younger sister was also diagnosed with Hansen's disease.
After her husband abandoned her, he and his wife took full responsibility for her care until her death.
His younger brother, who was diagnosed with Hansen's disease at the age of six, also passed away eight years ago.
At one point, he purchased a power loom from Bombay and earned a living through it. However, over time, his neighbors also acquired similar looms, leading to increased competition and a decline in customers, which affected his financial stability.
He has four daughters, all of whom are now married.
Fifteen years ago, when his elder sister was diagnosed with diabetes, he decided to get a health check-up. Initially he managed his condition through dietary changes.
A few years later, he began experiencing tingling and numbness in both feet. After consulting at NIMS, he was diagnosed with hypertension, diabetes, and peripheral neuropathy.
Since then, he has been on conservative management.
PPM 1 - Please feel free to use your sickles(ref: lecture slide 2) on this data before we also share with you the other current patient requirements data available in the PaJR conversational Transcripts here 👇
https://pajrcasereporter.blogspot.com/2024/10/80m-diabetes-hypertension-30yrs-ckd.html?m=1
PPM 1 - We had a nice rehearsal with the patient and @PPM3 @PPM4 @PPM5 today afternoon and it appears that his diabetes is since 30 years, since 1993-94 and not 3 years back @PPM2.
We also unearthed another interesting problem he had before that since 1970s and that was alcohol withdrawal for which he used to be on diazepam once in a while.
@PPM3 @PPM4 @PPM5 will share more about it here.
PPM 2 - Yes sir he told me he was diagnosed with diabetes 15 years ago and when his elder sister was diagnosed and so he went for check-up. RBS was 170 at that time and he initially followed dietary changes. Later on his peripheral neuropathy symptoms propped up and since then he started on OHAS.
PPM 1 - So he may have changed his story today but let @PPM3 also confirm.
From 1993-2000 he was on diet control following which he began glimiperide.
There was an event of tingling in 2011 following which he was diagnosed peripheral neuropathy(now we know it's not just diabetes but also alcohol at work here). In 2017 he had an attack of hypoglycemia along with shortness of breath (heart failure) and was also found to have azotemia from which point he has also been labelled CKD.
27-11-2024
PPM 1
PPM 1 - Those who attended the demo rehearsal yesterday may be able to recognise in thisimage how the labels of design thinking applies to what we are going to demo tomorrow.
👆@PA can you add this text as well as all others from this point to the bottom of the group here to the bottom of this patient's case report (including even the last diagram on thinking). Our demo around the patient is also a demo of medical collective cognition, which is what our PaJR team based learning is all about. We tried to build on the idea of medical collective cognition in our last CPD hosted in NKP where speakers were @PPM7 among others: https://medicinedepartment.blogspot.com/2024/01/medical-cognition-cpd-jan-25-2024theme.html?m=0
👆So @ PPM2 in terms of design thinking you are opening the demo with what is marked in this image as
1) Empathy
Delving at the beginning into a patient's persona reflected in his sensitive personal history is the most valuable hook or buy in into the patient's world, which is where we hope to take all our audience into and you will demonstrate further how to do this in real time on the mic with the patient
@~PPM3 has the next job of defining the problem statement of this 80M human patient in terms of preparing his problem list
@~PPM4 and @PPM5 will instead of ideating alternate ways to look at the problem (no discussion on differentials as we don't have the time) will discuss what solutions are being offered for each problem.
@PPM2 may again discuss the problem of his poverty and the current solutions in a government pension of 2000/- per month and the alternatives.
27-11-2024
PPM 1 - @PPM2 please share his charted blood sugars and Insulin doses since admission.
28-11-2024
PA -
29-11-2024
03-12-2024
PA - The patient is having itching and rashes on his hands.
PPM 1 - Since when?
04-12-2024
PPM 1 - 👍
PPM 1 - 👍
09-12-2024
PA - At 7.18 am BP reading of the patient.
PA - Fasting sugar value is 119.
PPM 1 - Well done .
We shall be looking forward to this patient sharing his fasting and post meal blood sugars two hours after evry meal that he takes today.
Also ask him to share his insulin dose before the meals.
We also look forward to seeing 10 readings of his blood pressure and please mention what medication he is taking.
PPM 1 - 👍
PA - The patient has taken 6U insulin.
PPM 1 - And I'm assuming it's Mixtard also known in telugu as Paal laga?
PA - Yes he has taken Mixtard.
PPM 1 - Can we ask him to share the picture of his insulin vial and syringe loaded dose every time he takes it?
PA - The patient was advised 3 times 5U insulin dose when he visited the hospital. Later the dosage decreased to 2 times. Now what is the dosage? He will post his sugar values regularly for 10 days and accordingly the dosage will be prscribed. He will also post his BP readings as well regularly.
PPM 1 - Yes because he told us he was taking neel laga insulin which is what we had recommended looking at his renal failure.
However when we met him at the conference he said he was taking insulin mixtard (paal laga) all along as that was government supply!
Hence we asked him to take the government supply paal laga twice a day as that's the maximum dosing interval he can take.
We need to know what dose he takes daily through his posted pictures before he takes as that quality of information will be better than simply assuming what he's taking unlike we had been doing earlier due to our inability to establish better information continuity with him beyond his daily food plate postings but now after he has started using the new devices the informational continuity is expected to improve.
PA - Okay doctor.
PPM 1 - I guess even two days 4 times daily to begin with will be good enough.
PA - Okay doctor.
PA - 
PA - Sugar value before lunch.
PPM 1 - @PA can we ask him what medication and dose he's currently taking for his BP and what is the dose of the insulin mixtard he's drawing into his syringe?
PA - He will post his pics doctor.
PA -
PPM 1 -Why not switch to the government supply amlodipine?
PA - 
PPM 1 - Is this Rabeprazole given by government?
PA - He has taken Amlodipine from government and Rabeprazole he bought. Not sarted yet.
PA - Hope you have understood his medication doctor.
PPM 1 - Yes
PA -
PPM 1 - Why does he need these Rabeprazole?
👆 He's spending needlessly buying this while he can get reasonable antihypertensives
with the government.PA - Will ask him.
PPM 1 - First we need to find out why and since when he is taking these?
PA - He is taking these since 1 yr. He feels relieved of gastric problem.
PPM 1 - Rabeprazole may relieve his gastric symptoms but why is he (is he?) taking what appears to be tablet brufen behind rabeprazole?
Also he can get equally good acid reducing agents from the government centre?
PA - In his list of medicines, he did not mention about brufen. Maybe he has taken earlier when he had backache. Anyhow Will confirm doctor
He is not using brufen. Just empty box
PPM 1 - 👍
10-12-2024
PA - Good morning doctor. The patient is asking whether he can start amlodipine 5mg twice daily from today?
PPM 1 - Yes
Let him start with 5mg once daily
Is he taking insulin mixtard paal laga 5U twice a day? Even in the picture of his loaded syringe it's difficult to tell
PA - Earlier he took 6U Mixtard twice a day. Yesterday he took thrice a day of 6U. Should he continue thrice a day?
PPM 1 - No 😳
He's supposed to take only twice a day!
This was earlier mentioned in the long post .
PA - Okay
PPM 1 - @PA this appears to be7U!
Even the previous one.
PA - But he said 6U. Will confirm.
PPM 1 - He's unable to realise how much he's taking. His vision may not be adequate
PA - Yes doctor.
PA - Is it 6U or 5U. Please confirm. Calcium carbonate tabs , should he take. And about B complex tabs also he is asking.
PPM 1 - He's currently taking 7U and I'm guessing he took 7U of mixtard thrice yesterday! This puts him at risk for hypoglycemia today.
Let's make it 4U twice a day today'
PA -About the other tabs?
PPM 1 -
Amlodipine 5mg
Tamsulosin can be taken as shared by him yesterday
Rabeprazole not required
PA - Calcium carbonate and B complex?
PPM 1 - As earlier.
PA - Okay.
PPM 1 - 👍
PPM 1 - 👍
PA - Before lunch.
PA - Pre lunch.
PA - Lunch.
PPM 1 - 👍
PA -
PPM 1 - 262, Is this post lunch? @PA
I guess he took his insulin only before breakfast?
PA - Yes doctor.
He took 7U insulin before breakfast. Now pre dinner how much should he take?
PPM 1 - 4U
PPM 1 - 4U
Ask him to share the image of his loaded syringe before he injects
PA - Okay.
PA - The patient took Dytor 10mg yesterday morning 1 tab and today morning 1 tab. Just informing you.
PPM 1 - How long has he been taking that? Was he taking it regularly or intermittently?
PA - Not regularly, only when he has pedal edema.
PA - Not regularly, only when he has pedal edema.
PPM 1 - 👍
PA -
PPM 1 - 👍
PPM 1 - 👍
PPM 1 - Tablet Avomine (generic name: Promethazine theoclate)25mg.
PPM 1 - Two hour post lunch? 👆 While mixtard 6U didn't work for his post breakfast, mixtard 5U appears to have done wonders for his post lunch and now we'll need to be careful with the pre dinner.
@PA let him not take any mixtard before dinner and if at all he has to take let it not be anything more than 2U tonight.
25-01-2025
147 at 7.37am 👆
PPM 1 - @PA @PPM2 mixtard huddled twice a day between breakfast 6U and lunch 7U appeared to do fairly well for this ptient yesterday.
PPM 1 - Micro infinitesimal foot steps breaking ground.
PPM 1 - Let's see how much calorigenic these turn out to be but then yesterday he didn't do the post lunch after 2 hours.
PA - Dinner ragi roti and ladiesfinger curry.
PPM 1 - @PA he needs to turn the syringe properly before taking the picture so that the numbers are visible.
PA -
11-12-2024
Fasting sugar value
PPM 1 - 5U of Mixtard government supply.
PA - Breakfast
Fasting sugar value
Lunch
PA - The patient did not get Avomine tabs prescribed by you.
The patient is having giddiness since morning.
PPM 1 - Tablet Avomine (generic name: Promethazine theoclate)25mg.
PA - 
PPM 1 - 4.5U mixtard government supply.
PA - The patient wants to know why he was prescribed Avomine.
PPM 1 - It's for his giddiness. It's unfortunately named avomine but it's actually for giddiness.
PA - Okay doctor.
PA - The patient is not getting this medicine nearby to his place.
PPM 1 - It's available in our hospital @PPM3
We often prescribe it
Otherwise he can try
Tablet Cinnarizine 25 mg tid
PA - Okay.
PA -
PPM 1 - While we can see that the dose he has eventually loaded is 4.5U. Can we ask him what dose he thought he had loaded.
Because we may need to increase the dose so it will be important to factor this.
PA - Yesterday you said he should take 4U. So it must be 4.
PPM 1 - No he doesn't always do what we want! He has his own thoughts so I needed to know exactly.
If he's thinking 4 and increasing only 0.5U in error then we will need to factor that in our increase.
Either way we will have to play safe and ask him to increase to 5U twice daily
PA - He says he is loading 4U and when he is taking the pic it is coming to 4.5U. So finally how much is he supposed to take?
PA - Yes doctor it is government supply.
PA - The patient forgot to take 4.5U mixtard yesterday before dinner. So he called me at 10.40pm and asked if he could take it at that time. To the best of my knowledge I said he can take.
PA - Yes that's what he said.
PA - The patient is using Bedahistine for loss of balance and giddiness. Should he continue?
PA -
PA - The patient is asking remedy for his pedal edema.
13-12-2024
PPM 1- 👆 it's still 4.5
He can take 5U which may become 5.5U but it's likely to be a safe margin of error @PA.
PA - Okay doctor.
PA - The patient experienced burning sensation on the right side of his body from head to back and had an urge to pass motion and later found relief after an hour. This he experienced from 2-3am.
PPM 1 - 👍
PPM 1 - 👍Perfect 5U.
14-12-2024
PPM 1 - So @PA 5U mixtard is max he can take at night.
Let's see how the 5U mixtard works out for his breakfast and lunch today.
PA - Okay doctor.
PPM 1 - 👍
PPM 1 - 👍
15-12-2024
PPM 1 - @PA while the 5U mixtard at night worked well for his fasting sugars yesterday (he's yet to post today's fasting but based on yesterday's, it's likely to be okay), his post dinner isn't well controlled and depending on how the 5U at dinner affects his fasting he may simply have to live with a post dinner high of 300 or if the fasting allows we may be able to increase the pre dinner mixtard slightly but let's see how his fasting plays out on the current dose over the next few days.
PA - 
PPM 1 - @PA the food he's taking appears to be causing the hyperglycemia as per the data you shared yesterday, which is also strangely very well responsive to fasting.
PA - Skipping dinner is not his strategy , just happened yesterday as he had late lunch.
PA - Doctor the patient is asking whether he has to share his sugar levels or can stop.
PPM 1 - Well his post dinner sugars are still high and if we need to adjust his pre dinner mixtard insulin he would need to at least share the 2 hours post dinner and fasting if not the post breakfast and post lunch.
PPM 2 - Isolated diastolic hypotension? Age related ventricular atrophy?
PPM 1 - 👍
16-12-2024
PPM 1 - @PA going by his fasting sugars it would be unsafe to increase his pre dinner insulin dose from 5U mixtard
Let him from now on just share once a week his fasting and post meal two hour after breakfast lunch and dinner.
PA - Okay doctor.
PPM 1 - 👍
22-01-2025
PA - BP reading is 149/61, PR 73 at 7.30am.
Sugar value is 143mg/dl at 7.32am
Insulin taken 5U.
PPM 1 - 👍
PA - Post breakfast sugar value is 333mg/dl.
PPM 1 - 😮
PPM 1 - What was his dose today?
PA - 5U, any change in dosage for the above sugar vlue?
PPM 1 - No because it's mixtard so it will be difficult to decide unless we can see all his fasting, and other two hour post meal sugars today and tomorrow.
PA - Okay.
275 at 12.51pm.
PPM 1 - 275mg/dl at pre lunch? He just needs to do it two hours after every meal.
PPM 1 - How much is this dose?
We can ask him to increase it by 2U.
PA - 5U
PPM 1 - Doubtful.
Yes I mean he may not always realize how much dose he's taking.
He needs to take the image of the syringe such that the numbers are visible.
PA - Okay
23-01-2025
PA - Fasting value is 114mg/dl.
PPM 1 - 👍
PPM 1 - @PA the numbers in the syringe markings need to be clearly visible as shown here 👇
https://www.seelingo.in/product/hmd-dispovan-1ml-insulin-syringe-31g-x-6mm-u-40-multi-100-pcs-pack/?sku_id=53151&ads_source=google&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAy8K8BhCZARIsAKJ8sfSCergIUnVBXWYgdu8cbUBLlj0g1YM327or8XUshubDaqAFoXhOs6AaAoOsEALw_wcBPPM 1 - Unable to decide how much to increase unless i know how much he's taking! @PPM2
Let me check this particular brand of the syringe graduations which is named polymed as far as I can read.
Again unable to
match👇
This is going to be tricky but going by his high values we may have to ask him to take the mixtard again before lunch now! This will make it TID and apparently he has done it before without our supervision and let's hope supervision and monitoring will help now @PA @PPM2.
PA - Doctor, he says since he switched to jowar rawa from jowar fine flour , his sugar levels have increased. Does it make so much difference is his question. Now he wants to know how much and how many times , insulin he has to take. He is regularly taking 5U according to him. Yesterday you increased it to 7U. Now finally how much he has to take is his doubt.
PPM 1 - Taking 5U twice?
He once said that he was even taking mixtard thrice?
PA - Twice.
PPM 1 - Did he take before lunch today? Was going to make it thrice as per his previous strategy. We need to see his post two hours of lunch blood sugars.
PA - I asked him to take before lunch also after seeing your message. He was asking the dosage.
PPM 1 - 👆this syringe needed to have been rotated slightly anticlockwise before taking the image so that the numbers would become visible.
PPM 1 - We have to tell him to share the image so that we can verify the numbers in the syringe, which currently we are unable to see in the syringe images he's sharing.
Unless we are sure about the dose he's taking, it's difficult to decide the dose he needs to be taking.
PPM 1 - Okay thanks to your case report @PA I checked the previous images of the syringe with the numbers visible and think this is 5.
So he has taken 5 mixtard in the morning before breakfast and 5 now before lunch today. Let's see how much his two hour post lunch shows.
24-01-2025
PPM 1 - @PA I'm guessing this is 6 units even though the number is not visible just by deducing it from the visible images in your case report
Also I'm guessing that the patient took mixtard thrice yesterday and hence the fasting looks good although now we have to be even more vigilant to prevent him from going into hypoglycemia
So I'm guessing he won't require mixtard thrice today and we may be able to work out his mixtard routine at largely twice a day with some intervening days where it would need to be made thrice all through hyperlocal monitoring @PPM2.
PA - He skipped his dinner yesterday and hence the sugar level is low. And Mixtard dose yesterday was twice.
PPM 1 - Thanks!
This is another strategy that may not have been documented well enough in the past? @PPM2
It's modern day version would be "glucometer blood sugar guided intermittent fasting toward optimizing hyperglycemia!"
Wonder if anyone has studied it well beyond our current n of 1 strategy here?
@Meta AI
What are your thoughts on:
"glucometer blood sugar guided intermittent fasting toward optimizing hyperglycemia!"
Wonder if anyone has studied it well beyond our current n of 1 strategy in this patient here?
Fascinating topic! Using a glucometer to guide intermittent fasting for optimizing hyperglycemia management is a highly individualized and innovative approach. While I couldn't find specific studies on this exact method, there are related research areas that might provide valuable insights:
# Relevant Research Areas
1. Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) and Intermittent Fasting: Studies have explored the use of CGM to monitor glucose levels during intermittent fasting, showing improved glucose control and reduced hyperglycemia (1, 2).
2. Personalized Nutrition and Glycemic Control: Research has demonstrated the effectiveness of personalized nutrition approaches, including intermittent fasting, in improving glycemic control and reducing hyperglycemia (3, 4).
3. Glucose Monitoring and Behavioral Change: Studies have shown that regular glucose monitoring can lead to behavioral changes, such as improved diet and exercise habits, resulting in better glycemic control (5).
# Future Research Directions
To move beyond the "n of 1" strategy, future studies could investigate:
1. Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs): Conduct RCTs to compare the effectiveness of glucometer-guided intermittent fasting with standard care or other interventions.
2. Large-Scale Observational Studies: Analyze data from large cohorts of patients using glucometer-guided intermittent fasting to identify patterns, outcomes, and potential predictors of success.
3. Machine Learning and Predictive Analytics: Develop machine learning models to predict individual responses to glucometer-guided intermittent fasting based on demographic, clinical, and glucose data.
# Conclusion
While specific studies on glucometer-guided intermittent fasting are limited, related research areas provide a foundation for understanding the potential benefits and challenges of this approach. Future studies should aim to systematically investigate its effectiveness, optimal implementation, and potential for personalized diabetes management.
References:
1. Klein et al. (2019): "Continuous glucose monitoring and intermittent fasting in type 2 diabetes." Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 104(11), 5338-5346.
2. Sullivan et al. (2020): "Intermittent fasting and continuous glucose monitoring in patients with type 2 diabetes." Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 120(3), 432-441.
3. Hall et al. (2019): "Personalized nutrition and glucose control in type 2 diabetes." Nutrients, 11(11), 2531.
4. Zeevi et al. (2015): "Personalized nutrition by prediction of glycemic responses." Cell, 163(5), 1079-1094.
5. Polonsky et al. (2017): "Continuous glucose monitoring and behavioral change in type 2 diabetes." Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 102(11), 3944-3953.
PPM 1 - @Meta AI I'm hoping that your articles in the reference lists that you appear to have started sharing like perplexity these days aren't confabulations. I'm hoping @PA may be able to google these references! individually and confirm that they aren't confabulations.
Meta AI - I apologize for any concern! I'm a large language model, my responses are generated based on patterns and associations in the data I was trained on. While I strive to provide accurate and reliable information, I'm not perfect and sometimes may generate fictional or inaccurate references.
To confirm the validity of the references I provided, I encourage you to fact-check them. You can try searching for the article titles, authors, and publication details on academic databases such as:
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- PubMed ((link unavailable))
- Web of Science ((link unavailable))
If you're unable to find any of the references I provided, it's likely that they are fictional or inaccurate. I appreciate your diligence in verifying the information!
Please let me know if there's anything else I can help you with!
PPM 1 - @PA the food he's taking appears to be causing the hyperglycemia as per the data you shared yesterday, which is also strangely very well responsive to fasting.
This made me take another look at his yellow paste he's taking and I suspect that's the highly calorigenic culprit!
What is that yellow paste? Why does it need to be pasty? Is it because he can't chew?
PPM 1 - @PA looks like he has adopted a strategy of taking mixtard before breakfast and lunch and then skipping dinner?
In that case let's support and monitor this strategy.
PA - The yellow paste is sorghum malt. According to him fine sorghum flour paste is not increasing his sugar levels but sorghum rawa which is not fine particles is causing high sugar levels. It is his perception.
PPM 1 - 👍
PA - Skipping dinner is not his strategy , just happened yesterday as he had late lunch.
It is pasty as it has to be boiled.
PPM 1- 👍
If he had had dinner was he planning to re check his blood sugars and take another mixtard?
PPM 1 - Let's ask him to monitor and share all his post meal two hour values today and tomorrow.
PA - I asked him to monitor and share all his post meal two hour values today and tomorrow and Mixtard dosage only twice.
PPM 1 - Two hour post lunch? 👆 While mixtard 6U didn't work for his post breakfast, mixtard 5U appears to have done wonders for his post lunch and now we'll need to be careful with the pre dinner.
@PA let him not take any mixtard before dinner and if at all he has to take let it not be anything more than 2U tonight.
25-01-2025
147 at 7.37am 👆
PPM 1 - @PA did he take mixtard twice yesterday? One before breakfast and one before lunch?
PA - When I spoke to him yesterday, he said only once. As you advised it.
PPM 1 - Twice yesterday? Now 7U is clearer in the image. 👏
So an amazing insight till now with the limited data we have on his mixtard insulin and glucose outcomes @PPM3 (also check out his entire case report data in the description box particularly the one in the pajrcasereporter blog) is that mixtard appears to be better optimised if the bid dose intervals are closely huddled together at breakfast and lunch rather than the traditional breakfast and dinner!
PA - Should he continue with the above dosage?
PPM 1 - We need to see for a few days. Also four values of blood sugar before we can say with certainty that this strategy is helping him.
PA - Atleast for now twice?
PPM 1 - Yes but with sugar monitoring four times
Fasting
2 hours after breakfast
2 hours after lunch
2 hours after dinner.
PA - 7U - 7U?
PPM 1 - This was 6U before breakfast yesterday, which produced 330 which is high.
But 5U yesterday before lunch produced 182 which is fair.
We have increased morning to 7U today at 10:14AM.
We need to know what's the two hour post sugars at 12:14 PM today.
PA - He forgot to check post breakfast as he went out.
7.5U
PPM 1 - Will be keen to see his blood sugars at 17:17 and then also two hours after his dinner before he sleeps.
At 22.02
26-01-2025
PPM 1 - @PA @PPM2 mixtard huddled twice a day between breakfast 6U and lunch 7U appeared to do fairly well for this ptient yesterday.
PPM 2 - Groundbreaking! But are we micromanaging the sugars or improving broader outcomes?
PPM 1 - Micro infinitesimal foot steps breaking ground.
PPM 1 - 👆What is this that is so diabetogenic? @PA
PA - Sorghum java
PPM 1 - 6U 👆
PPM 1 - Let's see how much calorigenic these turn out to be but then yesterday he didn't do the post lunch after 2 hours.
PA - Maybe he did not check.
At 16.05
At 17.56 👆
PA - Post dinner 👆
PA - Fasting 👆
At 17.56 👆
PPM 1 - 6U turned out to be good for the blood glucose two hours after consuming similar liquid at lunch. Were they also sorghum java in a more dilute form? Why was the morning yellow paste associated with more hyperglycemia after 2 hours?
PA - This sorghum paste is concentrated one. 7U Mixtard before taking this paste.
PPM 1 - 👍
PA - You are absolutely right, it is diluted sorghum paste with buttermilk. 6U Mixtard.
PPM 1 - 👍
We'll need to also think about the differences in nutrients in the diluted, apparently non diabetogenic sorghum?
PA - Post dinner 👆
27-01-2025
PA - Fasting 👆
PPM 1 - 👍
PPM 1 - Again that dangerous diabetogenic paste! @PA
PA - Will talk to him.
PPM 1 - Let's also ask him if it tastes sweet.
PA - According to my knowledge it doesn't taste sweet.
Asked him to switch to Ragi java.
It tastes little sweet itseems.
PPM 1 - 👍
I was suspicious!
So what could account for the sweet taste which is no doubt hiding the sugars responsible for it's calorigenicity?
PPM 1 - Too much rice and too less legumes, fruits and vegetables.
PA - Maybe they can't afford.
PPM 3 - Can reduce rice by 25-40% from his plate...
PPM 1 - 👍
PPM 1 - This is the main social determinant of healthcare manifesting in action.
PA - Post lunch blood sugar is 263mg/dl.
PPM 1 - 👍
PA - Ragi roti and beans curry for dinner.
PPM 1 - 👍
PA - Post dinner sugar level is 218mg/dl
PPM 1 - Mixtard thrice!
The night dose should not have been more than 3U!
👆@PA please note today's fasting is 110 without any mixtard at night yesterday.
He should not have taken the third mixtard dose at the amount of dose he took just now!
He needs to anticipate and prepare for imminent hypoglycemia at midnight or early morning!
Keep glucose at hand.
PA - He did not take thrice. This pic was shared by mistake.
PPM 1 - Relief.
28-01-2025
PA - Fasting sugar level is 86mg/dl
6U Mixtard before breakfast and 7U before lunch.
PPM 1 - 👍
Breakfast ragi java.
PA - Lunch rice with ladies finger curry.
PPM 1 - 👍
PA - 7U mixtard before lunch.
PA - Post lunch sugar is 220mg/dl
PPM 1 - 👍
Post dinner sugar level is 322mg/dl.
PPM 1 - But as per his syringe picture he took 6U before lunch today? He also didn't check his sugars 2 hours after his breakfast today?
29-01-2025
PA - Fasting sugar 126mg/dl
6U mixtard.
PPM 1 - 👍
PA - Before lunch 7U mixtard.
Lunch rice with curry.
Post lunch sugar value is 343mg/dl
PPM 1 - From tomorrow let's increase to 8U before breakfast and 8U before lunch @PA.
PA - Yesterday he reduced the dosage of Mixtard thinking that his sugar was down as he had sweating.
Ragi paste for dinner.
PPM 1 - He should have checked the sugar at that time instead of guessing.
These images are showing the same previous dose of 6U and 7U and no reduction in his mixtard dose? @PA
Yesterday is showing 6U and 6U
He had 220, two hours after 6U yesterday. 343 after two hours of 7U at lunch today.
PA - When I spoke he told me that he reduced.
PPM 1 - Is there something in his diet today which he didn't share here or his activities that explain the reduced efficacy of the mixtard today?
Yes @PA day before yesterday it was 7U as seen here and he reduced by 1U yesterday and increased again by 1U today although paradoxically his sugars increased by 100mg today instead of decreasing with the 1U increment today.
PA - Okay
PA - Post dinner 190mg/dl at 21.31
Fasting 138mg/dl
Breakfast Ragi java for breakfast
PPM 1 - Just 1-2U increment appears to be reducing it a lot perhaps due to the NPH in the mixtard which is often unpredictable.
Oh okay. I didn't see this earlier! It hasn't changed much!
Currently a single peak of 347 once after lunch looks like endgame here! @Aditya
Any further move on the mixtard may change the fasting and post dinner drastically and dangerously.
PPM 2 - How about an oral tablet?
PPM 1 - Wouldn't be safe with his renal failure.
PPM 2 - Metformin?
Gliclazide.
Or worst case Sitagliptin. Just for the sugars as long term outcomes may not be relevant at this time.
Post dinner 323mg/dl
PPM 1 - 👍
yesterday's was much less. We are missing some data regarding his energy Input and output or other intervention here.
If the post dinner is like this then the pre lunch may be increased further to 10U tomorrow although the mismatch between yesterday's and today's is still nagging.
31-01-2025
BP at 8.08 is 145/55, PR 99.
Fasting sugar value is 112mg/dl.
Breakfast ragi java
8U Mixtard before breakfast.
At 10.30 BP is 125/61, PR 90
Post breakfast sugar value is 350mg/dl
PPM 1 - These breakfast plates are simply cereals and need to balanced with fruits and vegetables and legumes as suggested here 👇
PPM 1 - From the video of his home linked in his case report, we notice many trees and vegetable growing space.
PA - BP at 10.30am 125/61, PR 90
Sugar value after breakfast 350mg/dl.
Mixtard dose before lunch 10U.
BP at 14.07 is 135/62, PR 88.
Post lunch sugar value is 248mg/dl
PPM 1 - With the 10U mixtard taken before lunch today this fasting value may go further down into hypoglycemia tomorrow if other parameters of diet and exercise remain same as yesterday @PA.
PA - Dinner ragi with curry.
Post dinner sugar value is 251mg/dl
PPM 1 - 👍
Yes let's hope his fasting is well tomorrow in which case we can keep this dose going.
01-02-2025
PA - Fasting sugar value is 140mg/dl
Brekfast ragi java.
Post breakfast sugar value is 429mg/dl.
10U mixtard.
Lunch ragi java with egg curry.
PPM 1 - Can be increased tomorrow to 9U before breakfast.
PA - Post lunch sugar 322mg/dl.
Post dinner 199mg/dl.
PPM 1 - 👍
02-02-2025
PA - Fasting sugar 88mg/dl
8U Mixtard.
Post breakfast 306mg/dl.
10U Mixtard.
Lunch with rice and Beans curry.
Post lunch 396mg/dl
PPM 1 - 👆 effect of 10U yesterday @PA Can't increase the pre lunch insulin more than that
It appears that he didn't increase his pre breakfast insulin to 9U today?
PA - It's my mistake, I forgot to inform him.
PPM 1 - 👍You are already doing the best among all of us!
PA - 🙏
Now he is stressed with his wife's health. She is having problem with her right hand fingers. Please check the reports and advise them.
PPM 1 - We need to examine her clinically.
From what I can recall from our meeting her last time we had diagnosed OA due to her metabolic syn and none of the above
We can ask him to also share his wife's two hour post meal sugars if he can check them for a day.
PA - Okay.
PA - Ragi with beans curry for dinner.
Post dinner 203mg/dl
PPM 1 - 👍
03-02-2025
PA - Fasting blood sugar 109mg/dl
9U Mixtard.
Ragi java for breakfast.
PPM 1 - Looks nearly 9.5U.
PA - Post breakfast sugar value 346mg/dl.
11U mixtard.
PPM 1 - 👆11U 😳 @PA
👆@PA we decided not to go above 10 but he seems to have loaded 11!
PA - He is saying as the sugar level is 346, he took 11U.
PPM 1 - He can't do that with Mixtard insulin. That can be done if he's taking plain insulin which is colourless like water but as the government is not providing it free of cost he's unable to buy it so he has two options either live with that 346 or buy plain insulin or risk hypoglycemia by increasing the dose arbitrarily on his own.
@PPM2 will it be feasible to explain the nitty gritties of mixtard, plain insulin and NPH insulin kinetics to this patient? If he could be explained in an understandable manner we could actually achieve holy grail I guess?
PA - Yes doctor, warned him to be careful with dosage.
PPM 1 - 👍
PPM 2 - Feasible yes but look at the plate down below!
PPM 1 - 👍
PA - Post lunch sugar value 300mg/dl.
At 18.30 Ragi with ladies finger curry.
Post dinner 278mg/dl.
04-02-2025
PA - Fasting sugar value 118mg/dl.
Breakfast ragi with ladies finger curry.
PPM 1 - Looks like his fasting today held ground inspite of his increasing pre lunch yesterday to 11U mixtard! I'm sure he compensated with his diet.
👆@PA let's increase this pre breakfast dose today to 11U and reduce the pre lunch dose to 10U.
PA - He has already taken 9U, pre breakfast.
PPM 1 - Well from tomorrow we can try to execute this plan letting him know that from the available data on his blood sugar values and the insulin doses he has received till now we would like to slowly optimise the proportion of insulin in favour of balancing it by taking slightly more dose before breakfast rather than before lunch.
PA - Okay.
PA - 11U Mixtard.
I hope you have warned him about his insulin dosage.
PPM 1 - Yes we had a good talk about it face to face today.
PA - 👍
Ragi jawa for dinner at 18.38.
Post dinner blood sugar at 21.00 is 223mg/dl
PPM 1 - 👍
05-02-2025
PA - Fasting sugar level at 8.19am
PA - Ragi with beans curry for breakfast.
PPM 1 - 😲
We were anticipating this @PA
Did he have any symptoms?
How much insulin did he take before breakfast? I'm guessing none?
PA - Your guess is right. Yesterday he couldn't eat anything so he skipped his dosage pre breakfast. No symptoms. He is okay. But his wife is not well. Body pains, knee, shoulder pains and is not able to do her routine activities.
Pre lunch insulin is 10U. Should he take insulin before dinner?
PPM 1 - Let's see his pre dinner today.
PA - Pre dinner today is 88mg/dl.
PPM 1 - Better not take insulin anymore today @PA
PA - Okay
Dinner with ragi and potato curry at 18.53
PPM 2 - I personally wouldn't recommend that. Would always advise for a lesser dose perhaps than completely skipping one.
06-02-2025
PPM 1 - This could be good when we uphold efficacy over harm.
In an elderly I would rather avoid harms.
PA - Fasting sugar 120mg/dl
PPM 1 - His fasting is 120 as shared now.
Off course we don't know his two hour post dinner and he may have benefitted from 4U of mixtard especially for his post dinner that I suspect could have been high.
Couldn't have given more as 2U of paal laga NPH in that 4U of 50/50 mixtard would have burned significantly into his today's fasting, which we now know is 120 without any NPH at night yesterday.
PA - 9U insulin, pre breakfast.
Post breakfast 249mg/dl.
PPM 1 - Yes I would have said yesterdays planned dose.
PA - Taken 9U
PPM 1 - Same as yesterday? The post breakfast is looking better than most days? Although we can still tweak it up slightly to optimize further.
07-02-2025
PA - Fasting sugar 114mg/dl.
PPM 1 - So currently it's 9U-9U-0U?
PA - 291mg/dl post breakfast.
PA - Post dinner 256mg/dl
09-02-2025
PA - Fasting sugar 73mg/dl.
Post breakfast 247mg/dl.
PPM 1 - Can increase to 10 only before breakfast tomorrow @PA.
PA - Post lunch 156mg/dl
PPM 1 - 👍
PA - Post dinner 264mg/dl.
PPM 1 - 👍
10-02-2025
PA - Fasting sugar 95mg/dl. 10U mixtard before breakfast.
PPM 1 - Two hours post breakfast not seen today?
Let's check two hours after this lunch.
PA - Post lunch sugar 257mg/dl
PPM 1 - 👍
PA - Post dinner sugar 223mg/dl
11-02-2025
PA - Fasting sugar 97mg/dl. 10U mixtard.
Post breakfast 246mg/dl
PPM 1 - @PA this looks dangerously close to 10U at lunch time!
We had agreed for 10U before breakfast and 9U before lunch for now?
PA - Post lunch 192mg/dl.
Post dinner 180mg/dl.
PPM 1 - 👍
12-02-2025
PA - Fasting sugar 87mg/dl.
Post breakfast 232mg/dl.
PPM 1 - @PA hope he will not take 10U again today during lunch but take not more than 9U.
PA - Post lunch 279mg/dl.
Post dinner 273mg/dl
PPM 1 - 👍
13-02-2025
PA - Fasting sugar 84mg/dl
Post breakfast 222mg/dl
Post lunch 183mg/dl
Post dinner 241mg/dl
14-02-2025
PA - Fasting sugar 82mg/dl. 10U Mixtard
Post breakfast 232mg/dl.
Pre lunch mixtard 9U.
Post lunch sugar 149mg/dl
Post dinner 230mg/dl
PPM 1 - 👍
15-02-2025
PA - Fasting sugar 86mg/dl
Post breakfast sugar 226mg/dl
Post lunch 250mg/dl
Post dinner 220mg/dl.
16-02-2025
PA - Fasting sugar is 101mg/dl.
Post breakfast 251mg/dl.
PA - Should the patient continue to post his sugar values or can stop as there is deficiency of sugar strips @PPM1 sir?
PPM 1 - Yes it has more or less stabilized and he may stop.
Is he also taking metformin tablets?
PA - He is not taking Metformin. Only 10U mixtard before breakfast and 9U mixtard before lunch.
PPM 1 - @PPM2 wonder why didn't start him on our current insulin sparing wonder drug metformin earlier? Is it because of his age or oh wait a minute now remembered it's his chronic renal failure.
Alright let's stop his monitoring for now and continue the same dose of insulin.
01-03-2025
PA Fasting sugar is 84mg/dl
PPM 1 - 👍
PA - Breakfast ragi with curry at 10.00am.
Post breakfast sugar level is 264mg/dl
Lunch
PA - Post lunch sugar level is 201mg/dl
PPM 1 - 👍
PA - Doctor, this patient forgot to take insulin before breakfast and took before lunch. He is asking if he should take now before dinner?
PPM 1 - Can.
PA - Thanks.
9U.
PA - Post dinner sugar 140mg/dl
02-03-2025
PA - 
PA - Breakfast ragi with curry.
PPM 1 - 👍
PA - Patient had dinner with ragi and pickle at 22.09
PPM 1 - 👍
03-03-2025
PA - 
PA - Breakfast upma.👆
At 12.48pm
PPM 1 - 👍
Dinner at 18.55
PPM 1 - 👍
04-03-2025
PA - Breakfast ragi with pickle.
10U Mixtard
PPM 1 - 👍
PA - 9U mixtard, before lunch.
Lunch with rice and curry.
Dinner ragi and chutney.
05-03-2025
PPM 1- 👍
PA - 9U mixtard before lunch
Lunch rice with cucumber curry.
Dinner ragi with cucumber curry.
PPM 1 - 👍
06-03-2025
PA - 10U pre breakfast.
Breakfast ragi with chutney
PPM 1 - 👍
PA - 9U Mixtard before lunch
Lunch rice with curry.
PPM 1 - 👍
PA - Dinner ragi with dal.
07-03-2025
PA - 10U mixtard before breakfast.
For breakfast ragi with chutney.
PPM 1 - 👍
PA - 9U mixtard before lunch.
PPM 1 - 👍
08-03-2025
PA - 08.35am
08.38 am
PPM 1 - 👍
Lunch at 13.22
PPM 1 - 👍
Dinner at 20.25
PPM 1 - 👍
09-03-2025
Insulin at 09.30am
Breakfast at 9.43am
Lunch at 12.55pm
Pre lunch insulin at 12.55pm
PPM 1 - 👍
Dinner at 19.20pm
10-03-2025
Breakfast at 9.26am
Pre breakfast insulin at 9.25am
PPM 1 - 👍
PA - Insulin at 14.24
Lunch at 14.25
PPM 1 - 👍
Dinner at 19.29
PPM 1 - 👍
11-03-2025
PA - Insulin at 8.47am
PPM 1 - 👍
PA - Dinner at 19.29.
Breakfast at 8.50am
Insulin at 13.02
Lunch at 13.02
[12-03-2025 09.29] PA: Insulin
Breakfast at 09.33
Pre lunch insulin at 12.32
Lunch at 12.33
[12-03-2025 19.41] PA: Ragi with chutney for dinner.
PPM 1 - 👍
[13-03-2025 08.32] PA: 10U insulin before breakfast. And ragi with chutney for breakfast.
PPM 1 - 👍
[13-03-2025 12.32] PA: Pre lunch 9U insulin and later had lunch with rice and curry.
[16-03-2025 08.27] PA: 
PA - Sugar value is 114 mg/dl.
PA - Breakfast ragi with chutney
Post breakfast at 10.40am sugar value is 303mg/dl
PA - Pre lunch insulin 9U
[16-03-2025 12:58] PPM 1: Two hours post breakfast? No insulin taken before that?
[16-03-2025 13:33] PA: This is pre breakfast dose at 08.27am 10U
[16-03-2025 14:37] PA: As usual ragi with some chutney.
[16-03-2025 15:25] PPM 1: Sweet chutney?
[16-03-2025 15:27] PA: I don't think it is sweet. But will confirm.
[16-03-2025 15:35] PA: It is chicken soup with masala.
[16-03-2025 15:36] PA: Yesterday he had two bananas
[17-03-2025 7.31] PA: Fasting sugar 198mg/dl
[17-03-2025 08.33] PA: Before breakfast 10U insulin., Breakfasr ragi.
[17-03-2025 12.08] PA: Lunch
PPM 1 - 👍
[17-03-2025 19.27] PA: Ragi with chicken masala gravy.
[18-03-2025 08.38] PA: 10U insulin. Ragi breakfast.
[18-03-2025 12.32] PA: 9U Insulin, lunch rice and curry.
PPM 1 - 👍
[18-03-2025 20.54] PA: Dinner rice with bottle gourd curry.
[19-03-2025 07.53] PA: 10U insulin, Ragi with chutney breakfast.
[19-03-2025 12.37] PA: 9U insulin and lunch rice with curry.
[19-03-2025 20.17] PA: Dinner ragi with curry.
PPM 1 - 👍
[20-03-2025 08.41] PA: 10U Insulin, breakfast ragi with chutney and curry.
[20-03-2025 12.54] PA: Lunch rice with curry
[20-03-2025 19.45] PA: Dinner Ragi with chutney
[21-03-2025 10.13] PA: 10U Insulin
[22-03-2025 08.40] PA: 10U insulin, breakfast ragi with ladiesfinger curry.
[22-03-2025 09.35] PPM 1: 👍
[23-03-2025 08.27] PA: 10U Insulin, breakfast ragi with chutney
[23-03-2025 12.38] PA: 9U insulin, Lunch rice with curry
[24-03-2025 08.09] PA: 10U insulin, breakfast ragi with chutney.
[24-03-2025 12.42] PA: 9U Insulin, Lunch rice with curry.
PPM 1 -👍
[25-03-2025 08.34] PA: 10U Insulin and ragi breakfast
[25-03-2025 12.00] PA: 9U Insulin, Lunch rice with curry.
[25-03-2025 16.57] PPM 1: 👍
[25-03-2025 18.37] PA: Sugar value is 79mg/dl
[25-03-2025 19.05] PA: Dinner ragi with chutney
[25-03-2025 21.18] PA: Post dinner sugar 178mg/dl.
[26-03-2025 08.53] PA: 10U Insulin and breakfast ragi with curry.
[26-03-2025 14.40] PA: 9U Insulin, lunch rice with egg curry
[26-03-2025 19.09] PA: Ragi with chutney for dinner.
[27-03-2025 09.24] PA: 10U Insulin and ragi for breakfast.
[27-03-2025 12.02] PPM 1: 👍
[27-03-2025 13.29] PA: 9U Insulin, followed by lunch rice with curry.
[27-03-2025 21.20] PA: Dinner ragi with curry
[28-03-2025 08.21] PA: 10U Insulin followed by breakfast with ragi and chutney.
[29-03-2025 08.03] PA: 10U Insulin followed by breakfast with ragi and curry.
[29-03-2025 08.32] PPM 1: 👍
[29-03-2025 12.26] PA: Lunch rice with drumstick and tomato curry. Pre lunch insulin 9U.
[29-03-2025 13.09] PPM 1:
[30-03-2025 08.42] PA: 10U Insulin followed by breakfast ragi and sambar.
[30-03-2025 12.11] PA: 9U Insulin and lunch rice with drumstick curry.
[30-03-2025 12.51] PPM 1: 👍
[31-03-2025 08.38] PA: 10 U Insulin and breakfast ragi
[31-03-2025 09.20] PPM 1: 👍
[31-03-2025 12.33] PA: 9 U Insulin, Lunch rice with curry.
[31-03-2025 15.01] PPM 1: 👍
[01-04-2025 09.19] PA: 10U Insulin and ragi breakfast.
[01-04-2025 12.26] PA: 9U Insulin and lunch rice with curry.
[01-04-2025 14.33] PPM 1: 👍
[01-04-2025 19.03] PA: Dinner ragi with chutney.
[02-04-2025 08.40] PA: 10U Insulin and ragi breakfast
[02-04-2025 12.02] PA: 9U Insulin, Lunch rice with curry
[02-04-2025 12.18] PPM 1: 👍
[02-04-2025 19.22] PA: Dinner ragi with chutney
[03-04-2025 08.46] PA: 10U Insulin and breakfast ragi with brinjal curry.
[03-04-2025 10.25] PPM 1: 👍
[03-04-2025 12.06] PA: 9U Insulin and lunch rice with brinjal curry.
[03-04-2025 18.57] PA: Dinner ragi with brinjal curry
[03-04-2025 19.36] PPM 1: 👍
[04-04-2025 08.53] PA: 10U insulin and breakfast ragi with leafy dal and curry.
[04-04-2025 09.31] PPM 1: 👍
[04-04-2025 09.34] PPM 1: @PPM3 I understand analysing your metabolic syn cases by the CPD date around this topic will be difficult.
The other option is to call this metabolic syn expert patient a day prior to the CPD and conduct this patient centred learning session around metabolic syn that we did recently in UoH 👇
You can guide our campus students @PPM4 and @~PPM5 to do it.
[04-04-2025 12.21] PA: 9U Insulin and lunch rice with leafy dal.
[04-04-2025 19.07] PA: Dinner ragi
[05-04-2025 08.09] PA: 10u Insulin, breakfast ragi.
[05-04-2025 08.30] PPM 1: 👍
[05-04-2025 11.55] PA: 9U Insulin, Lunch rice with curry
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