Maintenance of Stabilised Diabetic Dogs
Treatment of canine diabetes can be considered successful when the clinical signs of diabetes mellitus improve.
Routine checks
After the animal has been stabilized successfully, routine checks should be carried out around every 3-6 months.
Careful monitoring and control during maintenance will help to limit the long term complications associated with diabetes.
Blood glucose concentrations
The aim of therapy is not to produce a series of blood glucose concentrations that are within the reference range but to produce a blood glucose curve that approaches the reference range, avoiding potentially fatal hypoglycaemia.
An example of a stable diabetic dog is a blood glucose range of 5 -12 mmol/l (90-216 mg/dl) for most of a 24 hour period.
Ideal blood glucose curves
Blood glucose measured in mmol/l
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Blood glucose measured in mg/dl
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See blood glucose curves for details on making a glucose curve.
More information
Read more about changes in insulin requirements and monitoring a diabetic dog during the maintenance phase.