Question for the ladies about heavy peroids/blood sugar levels Sorry guys

[gail2]

Ladies do you find if you have a very heavy peroid that it affects your bs levels or am i the only one

 

[Caroline]

The last period I had I found it did affect the levels, but I'm not sure if it was because I was also going mad on sweet stuff too. I was also in quite a lot of pain which I find stressful too.

 

[AlisonM]

Under 'normal' circumstances I go high a few hours before it starts and then can get pretty low once it gets going. This time however, I've been low from start to finish. The last three have been really heavy and painful too. Sigh.

 

[Natalie123]

Hi Gail, Yep! I always have a day of bad sugar levels (usually in the mid to high teens but sometimes hypos instead). The worse my period the worse my blood sugars are in general - maybe it is because i sit around and complain more, I'm not sure. All I know is that hormones and periods do affect our sugar level control although the effect is different for different people. Can you predict when you are likely to be higher? If so could you be especially careful what you eat over that time?

 

[RachelT]

My blood sugar goes sky high during my periods, which are heavy. I think this might have something to do with dehydration, all the fluid loss (sorry gents, i'm trying to be delicate) and the fact that your body temperature goes up at the time means we must be losing quite a lot of body fluid. With less watery stuff in the blood the percentage of sugar goes up. I'm not sure if anybody's done a proper study of the effects of the menstrual cycle on blood sugar levels in type 1 or type 2 diabetics. I think that the medical bods are used to thinking of type 2 diabetes as something that tends to happen to post-menopausal ladies. It's a pain the proverbial that's for sure...