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What do you do if your BG is between 15 and 20?

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Hi,

Im newly diagnosed Type 2 and for the last week iv been feeling poorly (sore throat, cold like symptoms) and my blood sugars have been between 12 and 17.5. I take metformin and my BG had started to come down until this week when they have got really high. Do I need to go to the doctor? Will they come down again when I start to feel better or am I feeling poorly because my blood sugars are high? Any advice gratefully recieved. Soph
 
Hi, welcome to the forum 🙂 Sorry to hear that you are feeling poorly. When you are ill your blood sugar levels will usually be higher than normal so when you are feeling better then your levels should start to improve. You will be feeling particularly rotten because the high levels will also be affecting you. I would recommend that you see your doctor though, as it's not always advisable to take metformin when poorly - your GP can best advise 🙂
 
Hi Soph. Welcome. 🙂

I would also add that high BGs can compromise your ability to fight infection, so it may be best to get your GPs advice in case you need any extra help to fight off your germs with you being newly diagnosed.🙂

Hope you feel better soon.

Rob
 
Thank you 🙂 Iv got a 3 month old and a 3 year old so sleep is a rare thing :( Doesnt help with feeling better. Is there a point, say if my BG went to 20 or above, that I should react immediately and go straight to the doctors? Thank you for your advice.
 
Robster65 said:
Hi Soph. Welcome. 🙂

I would also add that high BGs can compromise your ability to fight infection, so it may be best to get your GPs advice in case you need any extra help to fight off your germs with you being newly diagnosed.🙂

Hope you feel better soon.

Rob
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Thanks Rob 🙂
 
smassey1977 said:
Thank you 🙂 Iv got a 3 month old and a 3 year old so sleep is a rare thing :( Doesnt help with feeling better. Is there a point, say if my BG went to 20 or above, that I should react immediately and go straight to the doctors? Thank you for your advice.
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I think you should go to the doctors as soon as you can so that he/she can give you definitive advice about continuing to take the metformin. Although very rare, lactic acidosis is a possibility and can be dangerous so you need to know what you should do in these circumstances. 20 or above, I would definitely say go straight to the doctor's.
 
smassey1977 said:
Hi,

Im newly diagnosed Type 2 and for the last week iv been feeling poorly (sore throat, cold like symptoms) and my blood sugars have been between 12 and 17.5. I take metformin and my BG had started to come down until this week when they have got really high. Do I need to go to the doctor? Will they come down again when I start to feel better or am I feeling poorly because my blood sugars are high? Any advice gratefully recieved. Soph
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Hi there smassey,
May one ask what you are eating ?
I take it you do know to moderate carbohydrates - that bread, potatoes, rice, pasta, cereal, fruit are what are likely to raise bgs ?
 
Welcome Smassey

I would recommend making an appointment with your GP and show your results to GP. Definitely sounds like your medication and / or diet and / or exercise need/s to be adjusted to achieve nearer to the targets for people with type 2 diabetes:
before meals: 4 to 7 mmols/l
2 hours after meals: under 8.5 mmols/l

Serious acute effects such as DKA (Diabetic KetoAcidosis) is generally associated only with type 1 diabetes, while HONK (Hyperosmolar Hyperglycaemic Non-Ketosis) can occur with type 2 diabetes, but high levels increase the risk of developing complications.
 
mcdonagh47 said:
Hi there smassey,
May one ask what you are eating ?
I take it you do know to moderate carbohydrates - that bread, potatoes, rice, pasta, cereal, fruit are what are likely to raise bgs ?
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Im newly diagnosed. not incapable of reading the facts. My BGs had been coming down prior to feeling poorly.
 
One of the troubles with diabetes is that it becomes a vicious circle; illness increases our BG, the higher BG makes it harder to fight the infection.

If this doesn't resolve fairly quickly then you do really need to shoot back to the docs to see if you can get extra help with either - I mean if you landed up in hossie due to a long-standing infection like Gail did recently, they'd soon have you on a temporary insulin drip to fix it. Or there may be something else they can give you to help fight the inefection. Or both.

Doesn't mean you'd need it forever but I do soooo wish they'd use their heads a bit quicker than they do.

Hope you soon see an improvement.
 
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