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can stress affect your bg levels?
 

Stress and diabetes

Stress doesn't cause diabetes but it can affect your blood sugar levels and how you look after your condition. Having diabetes to manage on top of life’s normal ups and downs can itself be a cause of stress. It’s not always easy to live with and this can also feel harder when many people don’t...
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This link may answer your question @gail2
 
Stress can definitely affect BG.
I find it could be long term stress over days/weeks or even the short term stress of an awkward conversation that only lasts a few minutes. Both are reflected by my BG.
I can even use my CGM to see how challenging a meeting has been for me as my BG shoots up.
 
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