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Not posted for a while but just wanted to know if anyone else experiences higher blood Glucose levels in the winter time and vary in general with the seasons.
Over the course of the winter I noticed that my BGs wer gradually creeping up especially in the mornings, some mornings it was as high as 10 which was worrying to say the least my HbA1c over the last nine months year have been. 6.5 summer, 7.5 Autumn, 7.3 Winter, I have noticed over the last couple of months with the nights getting longer that my self testing results are much lower, morning usually in the 5 to 7 range and coming down after meals far more rapidly. Throughout this time my diet has remained much the same so I dont think that has anything to do with it. My meds have also been the same during this time.
Has anybody else experienced the same as this.?
 
i always find dylan needs less insulin in the summer i assume its to do with the hotter weather and him sweating etc plus more running around outside as well

anna marie
 
Hi,

I have found that i need less insulin during the summer as well. I was told it had something to do with ow the sun interacts with the body and how it absorbs the insulin. Someone will come along and correct this or explain it better.

Josie
 
Yes seasons will effect blood glucose levels, easier to see with T1's as their insulin needs change some do have the opposite effect to the normal needing more when others need less etc..

It's probably a combinations of reasons behind it all..

But some of it will be down to activity levels and sheer tempretures.. People tend to be more not only more active but active for longer durning summer months than they are in winter!

I actually one of the other way around, my summer increases rather than decreases, but I think this is more to do with type of work I do, being a dog handler out in al weathers activity is pretty much the same full on, but when you are out in sub zero tempretures you use more engery to keep warm..

Another thing I found with this type of work, is that if I didnt have something hot at lunch time, bowl of soup etc I would be more prone to a hypo in the afternoon in winter than in I would in summer!
 
Come March/April and I always find I have to reduce my insulin, exercise is the same throughout the year so temperature must play a part here.

Nigel
 
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