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biren1973

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Hi

I had a normal lunch and my reading usually stays less than 6.5 after two hours. But this time it went up to 10.1 and then after one hour it dropped to 6.5. I just walked nearly one km 2 hours after the measurements. But I always do it.

My question is if it is possible the bg can drop from 10.1 to 6.5 in one hour with only one in walk?

Please let me know if anyone has seen same symptoms.

Regards
 
To add : the lunch I had was 3 Indian puri (a kind of fried chapati bread, usually I don't eat it regularly), mix veg curry and sweet and crunch salads with natural yoghurt
 
This depends on a number of things like what you ate, what you were doing before you ate, how you treat your diabetes, what drugs you take, whether you had any carb residue on your fingers when you took your readings and and how fast you walked.

Given there are so many things which can affect a BG reading, I don't spend too much time worrying about a single oddity: like all good experiments, I check it is repeatable over similar circumstances.

But to answer your question, for me, as type 1 treated by insulin, I have often see my BG fall much faster than this.
 

Thanks for your reply. I take metaformin only once after food in the night. After seeing I was bit worried, but as you said only once so I take it easy, will check twice next time.
 
I have in the recent past been @ 12 then 1 hour later 4.3 and on another occasion dropped from 14 to 6.5 in an hour so yes it does happen now and then.
 
Usually glucose levels drop about 1~2 mmol per hour for T2D who are highly insulin resistant...but large drops can happens when we become more insulin sensitive...and due to that improved sensitivity, we start to experience more reactive hypoglycemia episodes when we eat high carbs meals.



 
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