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High Blood Sugars Compared to Normal

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Amy993

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Hi, just looking for a bit of advice before i contact my DSN.
Over the last week my blood sugar has been increasing, and instead of me being in my normal range of 4-7, have constantly been 9-12. I was wondering if anyone knew why this has happened?
I am 17, and have been diagnosed just over a year.
 
Amy993 said:
Hi, just looking for a bit of advice before i contact my DSN.
Over the last week my blood sugar has been increasing, and instead of me being in my normal range of 4-7, have constantly been 9-12. I was wondering if anyone knew why this has happened?
I am 17, and have been diagnosed just over a year.
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Could it be hormonal? I tend to run high the week before my period.
Any extra stress you’ve got going on?
Illness?
Less activity than normal?
 
There are many things which affect our BG: time of day (e.g. Dawn Phenomenon), time of month, time of year, exercise, stress, illness, drugs, injury, something on our fingers when we take a reading, ...

When I have experienced prolonged high BG for no obvious reason, I have changed my insulin and pens. I try to get insulin from a different batch in case there was a problem in the way it has been stored. I have also changed my BG meter in case there was a problem with it.

The only time this happened to me, I came down with a cold after about a week so decided the high BG was probably my body attempting to fight off the lurgy.

My other thought is, after about a year, you may be coming to the end of your honeymoon period.

Good luck in your detective work to find out the cause of your high BG.
 
Thank you both for the suggestions. Im not ill at the moment, haven’t been under a lot of stress this week, am doing the same exercise as i am very active. It could be hormonal, will find out in a couple of days. I did change my pod, and it didnt make any difference. My dsn thought i was starting come out of honeymoon a few months ago, but it might be fully happening now. I will contact them and see what they think
 
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