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Type 1: Unexplained highs

kirstiejackson

kirstiejackson

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
I've been a type 1 for nearly 2 years now and blood sugars are in range normally but this past week I've been having unexplained highs. I wake up normal (4-7) then throughout the day my sugar just rises and keeps rising. I carb count and have not ate anything out the ordinary for my sugars to rise.
Anyone know ehy this might be?? I've changed my insulin pen in case that one had been damaged somehow and it's still the same.
I have checked for ketones and thankfully i have none.
Any help would be great.
(Feeling worried)
 
  1. No I've not changed anything. Meals have been the same, not been Ill except feeling sick and headaches because im so high. I haven't eaten anything since 2pm my sugar was 16. Checked at 6pm and it had rose to 23 checked again at half 7pm and it's 26.6. I gave myself a correction dose at 6pm so I'm so confused to why I'm still rising
    peterjones6000 said:
    Have you had/got a cold?
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    Freema said:
    do you eat more proteins than you usually do ?
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Have you been rotating injection sites? Otherwise maybe its just one of those times when basal needs just change to be annoying
 
Not sure what your regime ratios are but it could be that you have been in the honeymoon period for a period of time and have been managing on very low amounts of insulin. Now the honeymoon period is over your requirements will need adjusting.
Only a thought to consider.
 
kirstiejackson said:
  1. No I've not changed anything. Meals have been the same, not been Ill except feeling sick and headaches because im so high. I haven't eaten anything since 2pm my sugar was 16. Checked at 6pm and it had rose to 23 checked again at half 7pm and it's 26.6. I gave myself a correction dose at 6pm so I'm so confused to why I'm still rising

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Could it be hormonal? Have you been under stress or had an upset routine? are your correction doses working? Have you increased your correction dose appropriately because you're over 13?
 
mist said:
maybe your background insulin dosage is wrong?
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I like your way of thinking..! Was gonna suggest that a drop in recent temprature may decrease insulin sensitivity on the basal..?
 
mahola said:
At those levels, I'd be checking my ketones. Are you able to do so? Also drink lots of water.
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I have checked my ketones on my machine with my ketones strip and it's just says 0.1 it hasn't gone any higher. All I've drank is water and been to the toilet a lot too. I'm so confused
 
Thankyou for all your replies. Think I'm going to try and ring out of hours as my bs has rose again to 29 even with the right amount of correction doses.
 
Contact your nurse tomorrow...

It is likely that you may well be needing simply to adjust insulin. Probably due to honeymoon finishing and also weather turning colder, shorter daylight hours etc.

Are you giving yourself shots to correct and bring yourself back down lower?

Have you been given instructions by your hospital on doses to give yourself when levels go high?
 
See you gave a correction dose? But did you increase this amount for being over 12.0 that you gave yourself?
 
At times when my basal has been wrong, or times like this when BG keeps going up, it has made my correction dose calculations off too. ie you need to correct now for not just the drop thst you want but also to counter any expected rise over the next few hours.
 
kirstiejackson said:
Thankyou for all your replies. Think I'm going to try and ring out of hours as my bs has rose again to 29 even with the right amount of correction doses.
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Keep a close eye on the blood sugars with the correction.. If it is a "honeymoon" finish? Your pancreas may still fancy having the "last word"..? ;)
 
mist said:
If it's a female pancreas, then you can count on it..:D
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I'm not sure the XY chromosome stuff has any bearing on the honeymoon period..

(He says while he backs away from where this is going.)
 
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