Fasting glucose elevated when sick?

[Sapien]

I was sick last night (chills, night sweats, back pain) and it hasn’t much improved yet today. I don’t know what I have come down with, but I was shocked when I tested my blood glucose this morning. It had been running about 4.8 to 5.1 lately. This morning it was 6.4 which is highest fasting glucose I have seen.

Is it typical that fasting glucose would rise that much from illness? (This is the first time I have been ill since I started checking my blood sugar.)

 

[Antje77]

Illness usually raises bg, it's perfectly normal.

 

[Robbity]

As @Antje77 said - it's normal, and your rise isn't all that bad!

Illness will generally affect all my glucose levels not just fasting - so will pain, stress, etc.