• Guest - w'd love to know what you think about the forum! Take the 2025 Survey »

Can seasickness raise blood sugar?

K

KittyKatty

Well-Known Member
Messages
79
Location
Down South
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
***YUK ALERT****

Hello, I suffered bad seasickness recently.

I ate some beef and a hash brown (which I wouldn't normally touch) at the beginning of the sailing. A couple of hours later the mal de mer started.
I threw up for about 8 hours. The crossing was very stormy. Of course before long there was no more food to bring up but the vomiting continued. The next day the ships nurse was called as I was still queasy, cold and shaking. She said my blood pressure was normal and she tested my blood and it was 7.3. The thing is, 7.3 is high for me. And as my body had been purged of food for about 9 hours, how could it have been so high?

Does anyone know if seasickness can somehow raise the blood?

Also, interestingly, the medic suggested I eat some toast or biscuits to control my blood sugars. I did state I was type 2. Do you think she perhaps was confusing Type 1 with Type 2?
 
KittyKatty said:
***YUK ALERT****

Hello, I suffered bad seasickness recently.

I ate some beef and a hash brown (which I wouldn't normally touch) at the beginning of the sailing. A couple of hours later the mal de mer started.
I threw up for about 8 hours. The crossing was very stormy. Of course before long there was no more food to bring up but the vomiting continued. The next day the ships nurse was called as I was still queasy, cold and shaking. She said my blood pressure was normal and she tested my blood and it was 7.3. The thing is, 7.3 is high for me. And as my body had been purged of food for about 9 hours, how could it have been so high?

Does anyone know if seasickness can somehow raise the blood?

Also, interestingly, the medic suggested I eat some toast or biscuits to control my blood sugars. I did state I was type 2. Do you think she perhaps was confusing Type 1 with Type 2?
Click to expand...
Seasickness stresses the body. Stress hormones getting released. Countering your insulin intake.

Toasts/biscuits are normally good for getting the stomach to work and accept food again, after having been seasick.
Medical staff do not feel comfortable if a diabetic (or any other person for that sake) cannot take in food, and no matter the type you might be. Just normal sensible thing to suggest, to get you started eating something again, to get some healthy colour back into your cheeks..
 
Back
Top