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<blockquote data-quote="TorqPenderloin" data-source="post: 1000087" data-attributes="member: 211504"><p>Well, I found out I was a diabetic through the use of oral steroids (prednisone)</p><p></p><p>At the time, I was taking them to treat a rash on my back diagnosed as pityriasis rosea. Normally, the rash is gone in 2 months, but mine lasted for about 7. A week after being diagnosed with diabetes and getting my blood sugar under 28(not a typo) my rash went away. </p><p></p><p>Not only that, but here in the USA they've started putting some post-surgery patients on CGMs (diabetic or not) to help detect infection and avoid delays in the recovery/healing process.</p><p></p><p>Why is all of this relevant? </p><p></p><p>It sounds like your neighbor is going through something very similar to what I went through 3 months ago. I'm less than half his age (27) and for me, it was absolute hell.</p><p></p><p>The steroids will cause a blood sugar increase which slows the healing process down. High blood sugar provides an optimal environment environment for rashes which seemingly makes a need for steroids. Not only that, but high blood sugar will make him feel tired and cause vision issues as we all know.</p><p></p><p>For me, it was a vicious circle and every change made it worse for me.....until I finally got my blood sugar under control which fixed everything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TorqPenderloin, post: 1000087, member: 211504"] Well, I found out I was a diabetic through the use of oral steroids (prednisone) At the time, I was taking them to treat a rash on my back diagnosed as pityriasis rosea. Normally, the rash is gone in 2 months, but mine lasted for about 7. A week after being diagnosed with diabetes and getting my blood sugar under 28(not a typo) my rash went away. Not only that, but here in the USA they've started putting some post-surgery patients on CGMs (diabetic or not) to help detect infection and avoid delays in the recovery/healing process. Why is all of this relevant? It sounds like your neighbor is going through something very similar to what I went through 3 months ago. I'm less than half his age (27) and for me, it was absolute hell. The steroids will cause a blood sugar increase which slows the healing process down. High blood sugar provides an optimal environment environment for rashes which seemingly makes a need for steroids. Not only that, but high blood sugar will make him feel tired and cause vision issues as we all know. For me, it was a vicious circle and every change made it worse for me.....until I finally got my blood sugar under control which fixed everything. [/QUOTE]
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