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COVID and insulin resistance

Ashintheuk

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Type of diabetes
Reactive hypoglycemia
Treatment type
Insulin
I saw a significant jump in my basal and bolus dosage requirements upon getting COVID a few weeks ago, and it's still around 50% higher than before I caught it. Has anyone else experienced this, and how long did it last for ?
 
I have developped PreDiabetes (Glucose & Carbs intolerance) after Covid, so yes, I have absolutely experience of the same...
There are studies which say the half of the people go back to previous BG levels, so there is still hope...
 
I have developped PreDiabetes (Glucose & Carbs intolerance) after Covid, so yes, I have absolutely experience of the same...
There are studies which say the half of the people go back to previous BG levels, so there is still hope...
Never had covid or the jabs, was insulin resistant long before covid was in a lab.
 
I had a form of covid over Christmas, and my B/G went through the roof, it is still high now but slightly lower than it was. I have an appointment with Diabetic Nurse next week
 
I had a form of covid over Christmas, and my B/G went through the roof, it is still high now but slightly lower than it was. I have an appointment with Diabetic Nurse next week
I got the RSV virus and associated chest infection this Christmas gone, and my Basal went up from 22u to 45u along with a jump from 1u to 10g of carbs to 1u to 5g of carbs. Thankfully only for about 1 week
 
Just to pop something in from Ben Bikman, who has spent a lifetime studying insulin resistance:
The three direct causes of IR are:
1. Elevated Insulin (might seem pointlessly obvious, but the body will need more of anything over time to have the same effect)
2. Inflammation (of all types - and at all levels)
3. Elevated stress hormones

These three obviously can overlap, and one can cause another - stress can raise glucose which can raise insulin etc...

In that context - Covid 19 clearly increases inflammation - so it has a part to play in this, but all these effects can be shown in the lab to be quick and reversible - but over time can build up (have much longer-term effects on the cell structure) and therefore be less easy to reverse acute effects (from any infection, say).

The flip side of this, of course, is that anything you can do to reduce these three drivers will lower insulin resistance over time also.
How you do that is a totally different story....
 
I've had covid 5 times and unfortunately the control of my glucose levels has become slightly worse after each. It's now so out of control that I'm testing 15-20 times a day; I cant tell the difference between the weakness of the long Covid and a hypo.
 
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