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New symptoms and new to having high levels
Im scared. My blood sugar was 234 this am n it's only been over 200 1 other time at 201. My in home health nurse said to keep an eye on it the next few days n if it stays up there to go to urgent care cause I may have an infection which my ears have been hurting and I do have something on my skin at 4 went to 179 at 830 went to 272 then this morning it was like 179. I have a call into doctor to see if the just want to up my med or have me go in to urgent care or er but they never called back and I'm also super hungry n thirsty and headache idk what to do I have for the longest time managed it well with diet exercise and medicine blood sugar was never over 200 or even near. well just recently it was 201 then yesterday it was like 234 in am It did go down but by bedtime it was back up again because I couldn't stop eating cus I was so hungry. then this morning sugar was upper 100s so trying to deal and figure out what I need to do about these high blood sugars and new symptoms
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I can see how that would be scary!
I am very new to diabetes, but I think you should go to urgent care. It sounds like you are attuned to your body, and skilled at controlling your symptoms and if those skills aren’t working you should get an expert opinion. My understanding from my doctor is that infections or other stress on your body can cause high blood sugar and you might need an antibiotic or something.
Good luck and I hope you come back and tell us it was something simple and easily fixed!
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1 ReactionHi,
You are flurting with hyperglycemia, this is when damage is starting to occur to the body as a result.
There can be different causes besides a diabetic reaction to carb's. You need to find out the cause so it can be delt to in the appropriate way.
The sooner something is done the less damage is likely to occur.
You really don't want to let it go with a wait and see. I have done that for many years and am now discovering just how much damage has been done to the body. It can't be undone and I have to put up with the resulting damage every day. You will likely become less scared when you know your situation better.
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1 ReactionRepeat readings above 200 are a good reason to call the doctor, that's the guideline I was given by my endo.
Stress and illness can cause high readings. Strangely I've found a long drive in a car can do the same thing, even if I don't really notice any stress.
When I get some high readings I crack down on my diet, reduce the carb count to something under twenty per meal, or even fast plus or minus a celery stick or something. Stop cheating for a day or two. And that has worked for me. Stay hydrated with water, or some green tea.
If you are tired and thirsty, yes, those are the symptoms of high BG. While in that state do not exercise vigorously, that can send you into ketoacidosis which can do real damage.
OTOH this is not a reason to panic, days, weeks, even months at those levels are not uncommon before people are diagnosed. Somewhere over 250 or even 300, you might get to panic levels, but even those are not ambulance time in most cases, urgent care should be sufficient.
What diabetes meds are you on? And have you changed any other meds recently?