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Unexpected Spike

Suzanne beware of the devil

Suzanne beware of the devil

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Location
Glastonbury
Type of diabetes
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Looking for some advice please... I have been wearing the libre all day, normal up and downs in line with food and exercise, but this evening.as my blood sugars starting going down after my post meal spike (down to 6) they suddenly and without any reasin that I can think of have jumped to 14.. Now slowly coming down 13.9... 13.8 etc. Can anyone shed any light on what's going on please?
TIA
Suze
 
Hi @Suzanne beware of the devil , welcome to the forum.
From your profile I take you're on gliclazide.

Is this the first time you're wearing a Libre or just the first time it showed unexpected results?
Have you done a fingerprick test to see if your Libre is more or less correct?

Unexpected highs can have many causes, ranging from illness and infection to medication and type of food.
What was your meal?
 
Antje77 said:
Hi @Suzanne beware of the devil , welcome to the forum.
From your profile I take you're on gliclazide.

Is this the first time you're wearing a Libre or just the first time it showed unexpected results?
Have you done a fingerprick test to see if your Libre is more or less correct?

Unexpected highs can have many causes, ranging from illness and infection to medication and type of food.
What was your meal?
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@Suzanne beware of the devil have you tested your blood sugars with a finger prick and are you aware of the limitations of Libre such as bedding in may effect the accuracy for the first 24 to 48 hours and the sensors are calibrated to be most accurate at “normal” reading (between about 4 and 9).
I would never draw any conclusions from one day, especially from a Libre with these limitations.
 
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Parcetamol (acetaminophen) can cause high readings. Other cause of high readings could be a low hematocrit value or low oxygen (PO2) in the blood or high uric acid in the blood.
 
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