Diabetics and surgery.. During surgery, insulin is given with glucose



Diabetics like others may need surgery during their lifetime. Surgery is not at present dangerous to the diabetic, especially after the availability of modern surgical methods, the discovery of insulin, and antibiotics. In cases of small operations such as opening abscesses and others, common sugar medications such as insulin and sugar-lowering tablets can be used. In the case of medium and large surgeries should be used insulin, preferably use for two or three days before the operation, with the cessation of the use of sugar-lowering tablets if the patient uses them. During the process insulin is given with glucose. The patient should be given the appropriate antibiotic before, during, and after the operation.
After the patient has improved after the surgery, he or she returns to the usual medication (insulin or tablets).