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I am a Nurse Clinical Manager at Apria Healthcare and wanted to explain a little bit about your blood sugar. When a diabetic person is sick, their body systems react differently than normal. This can cause either a higher blood sugar or a lower blood sugar. Infections usually cause a low blood sugar because the body uses more sugar to fight the infection. Other illnesses can cause the blood sugar to be high because the body releases different hormones due to the illness. These hormones can interfere with insulin use, and thus cause the blood sugar to be higher. Contact your physician any time you have higher or lower blood sugars so that insulin use can be adjusted while you are sick. Happy New Year!