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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 2277526" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>Steroids can actually cause a healthy non-diabetic to cross over to diabetes. This is a well known fact. I seem to remember reading that as many as 25% of non-diabetics on long term steroids will become diabetic. There is a class of diabetes called Steroid induced diabetes - and some members of this forum are in this group. </p><p></p><p>The HbA1c is a sort of average over the previous 2 to 3 months, but is weighted towards the last 2 or 3 weeks of this period, so your HbA1c may well be raised depending how long you are on them, and what the dose is. I imagine your doctor wants to check whether the steroids are doing more harm than good. My non-diabetic friend is on long term steroids at quite a high dose, more or less for life, and she has 6 monthly HbA1c tests because of this - and so far has not become diabetic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 2277526, member: 94045"] Steroids can actually cause a healthy non-diabetic to cross over to diabetes. This is a well known fact. I seem to remember reading that as many as 25% of non-diabetics on long term steroids will become diabetic. There is a class of diabetes called Steroid induced diabetes - and some members of this forum are in this group. The HbA1c is a sort of average over the previous 2 to 3 months, but is weighted towards the last 2 or 3 weeks of this period, so your HbA1c may well be raised depending how long you are on them, and what the dose is. I imagine your doctor wants to check whether the steroids are doing more harm than good. My non-diabetic friend is on long term steroids at quite a high dose, more or less for life, and she has 6 monthly HbA1c tests because of this - and so far has not become diabetic. [/QUOTE]
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