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BGL all over the place

derry60

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I am just getting over Bronchitis, still chesty but feel better than what I did. Thing is my sugars are all over the place. Took BG within two hours after lunch 6.7 Waited 2 mins took it again, it went up to 7.6 I thought how can it jump so quick so I decided to give it another shot a minute after this time 6.5 Is this happening because I have a chest infection,or will Amoxcillin cause a rise in my BG levels? I am used to seeing numbers in their 5s and around 6.1 90 mins after a meal.
 
Your BG is likely to be higher because of your illness - your body thinks it needs sugar to provide you with the extra energy to fight it. Unfortunately, those of us with diabetes (or pre-diabetes) can't produce enough insulin to cope with the extra glucose that is being dumped from our liver.

Regarding the jump from 6.7 to 7.6. and back down to 6.5 in a short time, the 7.6 is likely to be erroneous. This could be your meter having a hiccup or you may have had something on your finger. 6.7 to 6.5 is likely to be about the same within the accuracy if the meter.
 
bronchitis can be considered strenuous activity in my opinion. I just got over a terrible dry hacking cough and it was exhausting. Bs was higher too.
Other cough meds can raise it as well

Feel better!
 
@derry60 I had the same thing happen before Christmas and I had bronchitis my doctor gave me Simple Linctus Sugar Free it did help and some capsules that broke up all the nasty stuff on your chest and tubes, so don't worry when you are well they will return to your normal readings, mine did them Christmas and New Year shot them a little higher! We cannot win eh! K
 
Kristin251 said:
bronchitis can be considered strenuous activity in my opinion. I just got over a terrible dry hacking cough and it was exhausting. Bs was higher too.
Other cough meds can raise it as well

Feel better!
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Yes I have had the hacking cough also. Yes I feel much better now. I will have to ride this one out.. Thank you
 
I took my blood again later and they were 7.0 then again straight after it had gone down to 6.2 Wonder if there is something wrong with my meter,or it could be just my illness
 
I so hope so as I had everything under control. Yes you are right we cannot win lol
 
BG levels yesterday 90 mins after eating a meal was 5.2 Hope that it stays this way after them being higher from being ill
 
derry60 said:
I took my blood again later and they were 7.0 then again straight after it had gone down to 6.2 Wonder if there is something wrong with my meter,or it could be just my illness[/QUOTE
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derry60 said:
I took my blood again later and they were 7.0 then again straight after it had gone down to 6.2 Wonder if there is something wrong with my meter,or it could be just my illness
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First, I won’t say your blood sugar are all over the place when it stays between 5-8 mmol, thats perfectly normal. Your readings seems like non-diabetic to me.

All blood sugar monitors usually have a
deviation of +/- 0.5 mmol, which means you can get two different reading with up to 1mmol difference right after each other.

I would be worried if your blood sugar were flucating below 4 mmol and far beyond 11 mmol, that would be «all over» the place in my book.

Don’t worry, your blood sugar sounds perfectly normal (based on what you wrote in this post)
 
I’m like @derry60 and like to see my normal lowers. 11is MUCH to high for me. So is 6. Illness is not so much controllable but fluctuations stink
 
Kristin251 said:
I’m like @derry60 and like to see my normal lowers. 11is MUCH to high for me. So is 6. Illness is not so much controllable but fluctuations stink
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11 isn’t remarbly high if you’re a diabetic, and you can’t mean that 6 mmol are too high. 6 mmol are a very good and normal reading.

Also derry60 does not have flucations when her blood sugar stays in the normal range between 4-8 mmol.
 
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