It's not going to happen anytime soon, there is a conversion calculator on site but I do not have a link, as I do need not need to convert mine as Australia uses the same system of testing blood as the UK.I wish this forum automatically translated numbers into the American systems both for A1C and for glucose measurements.
Multiply UK by 18 x mmol/L to get US values.It's not going to happen anytime soon, there is a conversion calculator on site but I do not have a link, as I do need not need to convert mine as Australia uses the same system of testing blood as the UK.
I do not convert anything to minority measurements...Multiply UK by 18 x mmol/L to get US values.
I'll post both if I use any in future. It's my habit to see UK and think US anyway.
Easy nos.
3.5=63, 4.0=72, 4.5=81, 5.0=90, 6.0=108, 7.0=126, 8.0=144
0.1=1.8(~2)
I have the same problem. I take my reading before and after my shower and my blood sugars rise 50-60 mg/dL at that time. This is before I’ve had breakfast. I found your post by searching for the same thing. It must not be a common thing. This is independent of what I have to eat the night before. The diet the previous night had no bearing on the reading after the shower. I take my readings by scanning my LibreLink with my phone so test strips have no bearing either. I’ve eliminated all other variables so the act of taking a shower is the culprit.
I haven't finger pricked before and after a hot shower to confirm that these are true readings.
I wonder if anyone has?
Could be related to a drop in blood pressure.Hi
I have been registered for some time but this is my first posting.
My name is Nasir and I am 77 years old. I was diagnosed accidentally in 1997 with type 2 diabetes. I am on Gliclazide tablets, 4 daily. I have no diabetic complications.
My question is rather unusual.
I am very fond of very hot (40-43 C). I usually have my bath before going to bed about 2100, about 2 hours after supper and it lasts for about 1 and a half hour. Usually I have a fairly high protein supper.
Now, the weird thing is that my blood sugar 2 hours after supper is in the region of 4-7 mmol/L. However, after the bath it frequently rises to 9-12 mmol/L.
I am a retired doctor and just cannot understand why a bath should raise my blood sugar.
I have searched the internet and found almost always that most people find that a bath reduces their blood sugar!
Can someone give me some idea what is happening?
Many thanks.
Could be cortisol, but what is it about hot bath or shower that triggers cortisol . This hormone is not ehe fight or flight hormone, but is an indication of chronic stress. Plausible explanation. But do we get same reaction to hot weather? Do our bgl levels rise in the summer compared to winter? I have not plotted anything like that in my history which is nearly 5 years of daily readings. No seansonal effect that I can observe.@LittleGreyCat
I get a spike on my Libre when I have a hot shower.
However I have put this down to the hot water affecting the Libre.
I haven't finger pricked before and after a hot shower to confirm that these are true readings.
I have verified using 2 different additional glucometers and in my case it is a real rise. Note: it usually drops off quickly after cooling down, much faster than after a meal. Indicating that it is in fact a Cortisol reduction (Cortisol has a very short half life in the body - it has to in order to do its job) so when you see rapid rises and falls (within 30-40 minutes) its almost certainly a Cortisol spike that is driving your glucose levels. Please also note that adrenaline can also do it but cortisol is the main cultprit which also is beihind the dawn phenomenon as your body starts manufacturing cortisol at that time to wake you up. Adrenaline will do it because it pumps up cortisol too. That is why exercise CAN raise glucose levels short term (minutes/hours) but lower them long term (weeks / months).
Could be cortisol, but what is it about hot bath or shower that triggers cortisol . This hormone is not ehe fight or flight hormone, but is an indication of chronic stress. Plausible explanation. But do we get same reaction to hot weather? Do our bgl levels rise in the summer compared to winter? I have not plotted anything like that in my history which is nearly 5 years of daily readings. No seansonal effect that I can observe.
Thats because it hertz. Since when does a nice warm bath threaten us? Where is the stress? I presume that the testing comes after a lie in when the shock should have subsided. Maybe it is the cooling down after getting out that is doing it? I would have thought that this would have shown up in countries where saunas are regularly used, so again mystifyingMaybe the sudden shock to the system of a difference in temperature? Like when you burn yourself on the iron or get a sudden scald from the kettle, you feel a rush of adrenaline?
Your body is correctly identifying the onset of starvation and has instructed your liver to take energy from that previously stored. In other words your fast is working. You are depleting excess fat.interesting discussion - I am not diabetic but my hba1c is rising and is borderline prediabetic as per the latest blood test. I am using Libre to see which food/activities are impacting my BG and how. I noticed that even with a 24 hour fast, my BG on Libre rises consistently from 4.8mmol to 6.4mmol and drops immediately after. Is this Libre sensor reading problem or is cortisol causing high BG levels?
Thanks for your response.Your body is correctly identifying the onset of starvation and has instructed your liver to take energy from that previously stored. In other words your fast is working. You are depleting excess fat.
They used to call it living off the fat of the land, but I prefer to think of it as living off the fat of the lard. It is actual fat from the stored lipids.
Yes, I keep the sensor on (didn't know it can be removed once installed).I presume you are not removing the sensor when showering. so it may be affected by temperature or moisture. If it drops back again in minutes, then it is probably not glucose related as in liver dump or cotisol rush. I don't know if the Libre is sensitive to blood pressure but low BP may well alter the timing of the interstitial fluid motility which agian shows this is probably not related to actual glucose values. My guess is that it is moisture related.
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