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Sickness And Diarrhoea

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Koalajane

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I was up last night being sick and having diarrhoea. This lasted for about 5 hours. I feel a lot better this morning but my blood sugars are up (6.9) when usually in the 5s and my blood pressure is low. Is this normal please?
 
Yes, blood sugars often go up if you’re ill. Your blood pressure will have dropped due to dehydration from the sickness and diarrhoea. Drink plenty to replace the fluids lost and your BP will return to normal. You blood sugars should improve as you recover.
 
There are many things which affect BG.
The obvious one is food but we are also affected by stress, illness, exercise, alcohol, time of day, month, year, drugs, how much we sleep, ...
With the last night you have just had, you experienced more than one of these which is likely to push your BG up.
 
Rachox said:
Yes, blood sugars often go up if you’re ill. Your blood pressure will have dropped due to dehydration from the sickness and diarrhoea. Drink plenty to replace the fluids lost and your BP will return to normal. You blood sugars should improve as you recover.
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Thanks for that. I am usually so much lower that it was such a shock
 
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