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Blood sugar spikes

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Syeda zary

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Hi there is it me or someone else also experience the same condition. My blood sugar goes from 70 to 300 in an hour or 2
Why does it keep increasing and when its low it keeps decreasing. Even i take insulin shoots
But its never stable
 
What type of diabetes do you have Syeda? What medication are you using? If you are type 1, are on MDI insulin or a pump?
Injected insulin does not match the food you are eating, it follows a fixed curve, so if you eat normally, you will spike. If you have dosed correctly for the CHO's you have eaten, it should return to your pre-meal levels 5 hours afterwards.
If type 1 and your basal dosage is correct, you should hold a flat line overnight and 5 hours after meals.
 
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Depends upon what you had to eat. Your food content will warrant how high you can peak and then your medications will need to work accordingly.
 
ert said:
What type of diabetes do you have Syeda? What medication are you using? If you are type 1, are on MDI insulin or a pump?
Injected insulin does not match the food you are eating, it follows a fixed curve, so if you eat normally, you will spike. If you have dosed correctly for the CHO's you have eaten, it should return to your pre-meal levels 5 hours afterwards.
If type 1 and your basal dosage is correct, you should hold a flat line overnight and 5 hours after meals.
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ert said:
What type of diabetes do you have Syeda? What medication are you using? If you are type 1, are on MDI insulin or a pump?
Injected insulin does not match the food you are eating, it follows a fixed curve, so if you eat normally, you will spike. If you have dosed correctly for the CHO's you have eaten, it should return to your pre-meal levels 5 hours afterwards.
If type 1 and your basal dosage is correct, you should hold a flat line overnight and 5 hours after meals.
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Yah thanks for the answer
I am type 1 diabetic .so you are saying thats it will cm back normal after few hours
 
If your dose is correct your blood sugars should return to where they started 4 to 5 hours with injected short-acting insulin. It's the basal that will hold the flat line. Are you on MDI or a pump?
 
ert said:
If your dose is correct your blood sugars should return to where they started 4 to 5 hours with injected short-acting insulin. It's the basal that will hold the flat line. Are you on MDI or a pump?
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I am on MDI i take 3 shots before each meal i.e breakfast, lunch and dinner
 
You need to test your basal insulin, by meal skipping or eating no carbs, to see if you hold a flat blood sugar line. What basal are you taking?
 
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