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High Blood Sugar After Drinking

SM14

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Hi! I'm still fairly new to managing Diabetes (diagnosed as t1 in August) and my average blood sugar has been around about 5.5 since then. But I had a few glasses of wine this evening and tested and was 13.7. So I'm kinda freaked out. Should I try to do some exercise and see if that helps, and then maybe inject a few units of my novorapid if that doesn't work? It scares me being above 10mmols
 
That's unusual @SM14 Most people find wine lowers the blood sugar - or at least doesn't raise it. Was it sweet wine?

I'd wash my hands and retest if I was you. I'd be very wary about correcting a high blood sugar after drinking alcohol as even if your sugar is high now it coukd drop in the night.

Retest and maybe keep testing to see what's happening?
 
I'm not sure - I don't think the wine was particularly sweet, no. Yeah, I didn't think correcting would be the best idea. I'll retest later and just make sure I return to normal levels tomorrow. Thank you!
 
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