Flu jab and blood sugars

[TotallyAverage]

Hi all, I had my flu jab yesterday and my bloods are behaving pretty erratically this morning. Has anyone else had this? I'm trying to work out if it's because I'm feeling a bit under-the-weather from the jab or if my pump infusion site is dodgy.

 

[rebrascora]

I had several erratic BG days after my Flu and pneumonia vaccine a few weeks ago and at least one other person on the forum reported similar issues.

 

[Robin]

I can’t say if it was really connected at all, but I had unexpected blood sugars in the teens for three afternoons on the trot, a few days after my flu jab. I also had crashes in the night after the high afternoons, which suggests to me that it was my liver pumping out extra glucose, not a dosing error, and the liver was then replenishing stocks overnight.

 

[helli]

My blood sugars rose after my jab.
I was feeling fine once I increased my basal - had the same amount of energy as usual, no aches, able to concentrate, ... just needed more insulin.

 

[Lanny]

I find it depends on how much swelling & pain I get in my injection site as some years it’s minimal & other years it has swelled a lot needing ice packs: a throbbing ache & a bit of swelling on the evening of & day after vaccine this year so, only the next morning waking blood sugars were high & a little bit higher throughout that next day with a small increase of bolus insulin with the same basal; some years, in the past, swelling & whole arm hurts for up to a week needing ice packs & increased blood sugar readings that need both bolus & basal increases!

 

[TotallyAverage]

Thanks for your responses everyone, I'll try upping my basal rate a fair bit for a day or so until things seem normal again

 

[Toucan]

My levels also went up after the flu jab last Saturday, and it has taken until today for them to settle down again.
No other reactions though.

 

[Ian T]

Yup - my BG always goes up after the jab each year - presumably my body reacting/trying to fight it. It passes after three or four days but well worth frequent testing and potential correction doses.

 

[SB2015]

Thank you All. Mine have been misbehaving and I had not thought to link it to my jab as I have not felt any ill effects. And to think I was blaming the Diabetes Fairy again!!