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beckij812

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Hi all,

My boyfriend has recently been diagnosed with Type 1 so we're still on a huge learning journey. Recently he has had a bit of swelling in his hand which is a constant pain but being a plumber he thought it was a work injury. After researching a bit we've found things like this need to be more watched with Type 1. Has anyone seen this before or could it just be a bite?
 

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best advice would be get it checked, we aren't medically trained so couldn't possibly advise anything other than that xx
 
I can't give an opinion on the swollen hand.

But as a principle diabetes makes us more vulnerable to illnesses and injuries. With injuries I often find out I've caused myself some mischief by first finding my blood glucose level has raised and stubbornly won't respond to my normal insulin ratios. I then check myself all over and the last time discovered I'd got a thorn in my knee which was just starting to swell and hurt. Until then I hadn't realised. For someone new to diabetes, I appreciate that this is pretty challenging to recognise never mind deal with.

Stress, in any form, naturally elevates BG. Injuries cause medical stress to ourselves as the body tries to deal with the pain and disruption from that injury; that results in raised BG.

In my early days after becoming diabetic I leant heavily on my DSN for advice on responses. She guided me in how much to increase my insulins and when to cut back afterwards. Now, 2+ yrs in, I recently had significant surgery across my abdomen, anticipated and then got the raised BG and treated with extra insulin, keeping my BG broadly under control; the biggest fuss for me was not the diabetes just the pure post op pain and care with movement. Managing the diabetes gets easier with time and experience!
 
Are you type 1 or should your profile be changed to show you are a partner of somebody who is type 1? Either way up, welcome to the forum and I hope we can help with you and your boyfriend work out how to cope with his diagnosis. There are centuries of lived experience on here to draw on.

On your specific question, @Kaylz is absolutely right. Members are not allowed to offer medical advice and you will find any questions like yours will be answered with a suggestion to get it checked out by a professional. Chances are it will turn out to be something transient but it needs somebody who knows their stuff to tell you that, preferably after looking at it close up.

Let us know how you get on.
 
Proud to be erratic said:
as a principle diabetes makes us more vulnerable to illnesses and injuries.
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Unmanaged diabetes may make us more vulnerable and experiencing illness or pain can make diabetes more challenging to manage. This is not the same as diabetes making us more vulnerable to illnesses and injuries, especially for someone newly diagnoses so unlikely to experience complications from long term mismanagement.
 
helli said:
Unmanaged diabetes may make us more vulnerable and experiencing illness or pain can make diabetes more challenging to manage. This is not the same as diabetes making us more vulnerable to illnesses and injuries, especially for someone newly diagnoses so unlikely to experience complications from long term mismanagement.
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I think you are splitting hairs @helli. When newly diagnosed there is so much to get your head around its a simple fact that diabetes makes us more vulnerable, that stress exacerbates matters ... how that all gets managed is a longer term aspect. Short term reach out to specialists like DSN.
 
Were I you I'd tell him to nip in the nearest pharmacy & get their opinion, preferably ask his GP, but that's not as easy as a pharmacy these days.
 
@Proud to be erratic I believe it is important not to add to the stress of a new diagnosis by scaring them to believe diabetes (rather than stress) makes us more vulnerable to illness. It does not if managed.
I may be a sample of one but nearly 20 years after diagnosis with Type 1 I am fitter than others of my age and ill less often.
 
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