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Type 2 Blood sugar levels and colds

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Schmoukes

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Hi - I’m 2 months into a keto diet, after a diagnosis of type 2. All has been going well and my blood sugar levels have gone down quickly. In the last week they’ve settled almost a point higher (instead of 5.4 or 5.8 I am at 6.4 or 6.8). It doesn’t feel good to be flirting with the upper limits all the time. I haven’t altered my diet but I do have a head cold. Could the cold have altered my levels? Thanks for your help with this.
 
In my experience the misery of a cold can increase my blood sugars. The body has a stress response when fighting infections that can lead to increased glucose in the blood,and also may rise from the stress of the symptoms. I find my BG seems to climb at night,when a cold tends to make me feel at my worst.
 
Schmoukes said:
Hi - I’m 2 months into a keto diet, after a diagnosis of type 2. All has been going well and my blood sugar levels have gone down quickly. In the last week they’ve settled almost a point higher (instead of 5.4 or 5.8 I am at 6.4 or 6.8). It doesn’t feel good to be flirting with the upper limits all the time. I haven’t altered my diet but I do have a head cold. Could the cold have altered my levels? Thanks for your help with this.
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Ride it out. When the cold's over you'll return to normal levels. If you hadn't been on keto you would've seen things a lot worse, so good going!
 
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