Raised blood sugar after illness

[CatsFive]

I started measuring my blood glucose before meals with a Sinometer and it was generally below 5 mmol/L. Then I got a virus of some sort - no effect on my asthma, no snotting, no coughing, no intestinal upsets but no physical or mental energy for a couple of weeks. I've pretty much recovered from the virus and am getting back to my normal activity level (walking, gym) but my BG now is generally in the 5-6 range, sometimes more. Also going to the gym used to knock it down very effectively but that doesn't seem to happen now.

Is this normal? It was the end of July when I got the virus so about 6 weeks ago.

 

[Mark Rawlinson]

This is normal for me too illness effects my levels even some thing simple

 

[CatsFive]

This is normal for me too illness effects my levels even some thing simple

Even after 2-3 weeks? That is what I meant, I wasn't clear. I know it affects them when ill partly because all I want to eat are comfort foods - cold tinned rice pudding for example. (it goes runny if heated!)

 

[lovinglife]

It’s not just what you eat, (rice pudding - yum!) your body has had trauma & it’s reacting to that - your numbers aren’t that much higher than you normally are so try not to worry about it hopefully they’ll come down eventually. Stress & anxiety can affect numbers too so that may be playing a part. You may not feel particularly anxious when testing but even a little bit of anxiety can have an effect