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Illness and blood sugar levels
MarkR_2013
Posts: 43 Member
I'm new to this. I got my diabetes diagnosis (high a1c) 4 days ago. I've spent most of those days knocked flat by bronchitis. I just got my glucometer (Freestyle Lite) and strips today with instructions to test my blood sugar thrice weekly. I performed a check to ensure I knew what I was doing. It came back 418. Per the instructions I performed a second test (same hand, different finger) and got a reading of 448.
My question is: how badly is the bronchitis going to skew my regular blood sugar?
I'm going to ask the doc for a control solution tomorrow to eliminate the possibility of a faulty glucometer
My question is: how badly is the bronchitis going to skew my regular blood sugar?
I'm going to ask the doc for a control solution tomorrow to eliminate the possibility of a faulty glucometer
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Hi MarkR. Illness can cause your blood sugars to rise significantly. That's pretty high, so try to rest, drink plenty of fluids(sugar free) and get better soon. It may not be a faulty glucometer, but rather a bad strip, so control solution will eliminate that problem. Good luck with this new journey.1
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