Blood Sugar up with Bronchiectasis.

@yandr I see this is your first post, have you been reading in the group? If so, you know that bronchiectasis affects each of us differently.

I just asked my doc for a repeat glucose and A1C checks because my sense was the values were trending upward. I looked at my historical test results and found the increase corresponded almost exactly to when I was diagnosed with MAC & Pseudomonas, blood sugar is now consistently above 100 but my A1C is still normal. But they have not fallen in the5 years since I stopped meds. I am on a low dose inhaled steroid for asthma, which may be the cause. I'll chat with the doc after the new results come in.

Have you made any medication changes since your diagnosis?

There is a connection between infection and A1C going up. I mentioned that to my Pulmo and he said that was true. My A1C is in the pre diabetic range close to diabetic and I have chronic Pseudomonas and BE. I also crash after eating meals and have so many indicators of diabetes and yet they tell me my A1C is not high enough to have diabetic symptoms. I believe the effects of the chronic infection on blood sugar are causing symptoms even with a pre diabetic range. If I can tolerate some treatment, I bet my blood sugar would become more stable.

Hi Irene-
Interesting ....and thank you for the info on A1C per what you learned and what the doctor said.
My recent test did show high hemoglobin...16.4.... meaning .4 points into high. My understanding is that dehydration can send it high. Have you heard that? I do have a long history of dehydration but am doing better with taking in liquids now, especially with knowing how it helps in all ways, including BE/Mucus.
Barbara

Thank you Sue for sharing the connection between MAC/BE Infections And sugar level. I also noticed that my blood sugar level is always close to 100 but none of my doctors ever mentioned that it might be connected to my condition and I was never ordered the A1C test. Before the infection and treatment my sugar was always perfect. I am going to ask my pulmonologist about this.

My a1c has gone up. After getting the diagnosis of bronchitisas and mac etc. It was all so overwhelming at first, so I didn't put the same effort into maintaining a low a1c. I'm 6.4 now. I started loosing weight so I've increased my eating . Portion control had been part of my matenience for diabetes. So I thought it was my eating habits that caused the increase.
I started the big 3 (7 days a week) about 3 months ago. Weight loss has been a concern. What I have noticed since drug treatment began, I have reduced my insulin needs. I'm curious to see what my next blood test will show my a1c at, after drug therapy is factored in.

Unless you have a personal or family history of Type 2 diabetes, most doctors are not concerned about blood glucose between 100-125. My A1C is only monitored because my glucose is steadily increasing AND there is a strong, multigeneration history of Type 2 diabetes.
If it hovers around 100-110 and doesn't continue to rise, according to my resident diabetes educator, there is no cause for alarm.

I don’t even recollect any doctor asking me about family history of diabetes. And there is no such history thank god. So thank you again for the information. One thing less to worry about. My family doctor order’s detailed blood work every month/ month and a half because I am still on the antibiotics for MAC. She also checks bit B12 because it shows low- then I have shots once a month and every six months but D3- also low. We do what we can do. And again you are so lucky you have all that good medical support system in place.