Spike and fasting

[SueJB]

Hi again,
I'm sure some of you lovelies will be starting to get fed up with these questions of mine.
Anyway, next.
I keep reading of people writing about spikes and then saying ther BG has risen by 0.5.
To me, still a newbie after 4 months T1, a spike is a very sharp rise and 0.5 isn't although has been described as such in some threads. As a language teacher, it just seems the wrong use of the term. Can you let me know your thoughts on this one please?

Likewise, I keep reading about fasting. Doesn't everybody fast after going to sleep? Fasting between meals seems a bit of a silly way of saying you don't eat between meals. For me, the idea of fasting has religious connotations such as during Ramadan. Thoughts anyone?

 

[Deleted Account]

This forum has all sorts of members: some type 1, some type 2, some other types, some like to keep very close eye on their BG, others concentrate on hba1c and others like to have a healthy balance between letting diabetes control their lives.
As a result, what some of us see as a blip, others see as a spike.
Personally, a rise of 0.5 is lost in the noise of my BG roller coaster.

There does seem to be a Diabetes vocabulary which redefines words.
For example, “spike” seems to mean a rise which could be for minutes or could be for hours. And “fasting” is a period long enough for any food, drugs or insulin (apart from basal insulin) to longer be affecting your BG.

I am totally with you that this is confusing. I am an engineer so like precision with language.
I find terms like “bolus” and “basal” confusing as I had never heard of them until I had diabetes. But prefer to learn new words than have old ones redefined.

 

[SueJB]

This forum has all sorts of members: some type 1, some type 2, some other types, some like to keep very close eye on their BG, others concentrate on hba1c and others like to have a healthy balance between letting diabetes control their lives.
As a result, what some of us see as a blip, others see as a spike.
Personally, a rise of 0.5 is lost in the noise of my BG roller coaster.

There does seem to be a Diabetes vocabulary which redefines words.
For example, “spike” seems to mean a rise which could be for minutes or could be for hours. And “fasting” is a period long enough for any food, drugs or insulin (apart from basal insulin) to longer be affecting your BG.

I am totally with you that this is confusing. I am an engineer so like precision with language.
I find terms like “bolus” and “basal” confusing as I had never heard of them until I had diabetes. But prefer to learn new words than have old ones redefined.

Thanks and goodie for your thoughts. I was begining to think I was a pedant and I like the idea of a diabetes vocab which seems to redefine or use words differently.