Blood sugar spike?
 

2 months ago I had a blood test done and my fasting glucose level was at 72. Now it's at a consistent 110, which is indicative of prediabetes. Is it possible for your blood sugar to go up that quickly? Or is there maybe something else, some disease/infection, that's causing this?

Would you believe that I have many friends who have blood sugar in the 120's and their doctor said to them "no problem, you don't have diabetes".

I shudder to think if any of their doctors said "you have pre-diabetes". They'd probably bong the doctor over the head.

I have a friend with diabetes. Last year her doctor told her she had a diabetic stomach.What was her response to him? "What the heck do you know??" and believe me she didn't say the word heck. Her sugar never went below 200. Nothing I could say to her, because she knows everything. Well, she had to get a cat scan three weeks ago and she was having pains, and diarrhea, and constipation. She has a history of diverticulitis. But she went on antibiotics and that cleared up. She stopped the antibiotics a good 10 days ago.

She hasn't been out of the bathroom for the whole day. She can't stop going. Then she gets constipated. She phoned me and said "It must have been the escarole I had yesterday". Or maybe it was this, or that. I would never say to her "maybe it's gastroparesis", because I once made the mistake of explaining a diabetic stomach to her. I'll never do that again.

When she gets fed up with her condition, she just might do something about it. She will say "oh my sugar is really good, it's only 150".

Forget it.

They are sending her for another cat scan next week. I wonder, Can a cat scan determine a diabetic stomach?. I would love if another doctor got a hold of her and said "Listen to me, you must get your blood sugar under control".

Won't happen. Not until she stops watching the Food Network.

Mel

This test
 

is more accurate to reveal what is going on with you with time:

http://www.labtestsonline.org/unders.../a1c/test.html

Are you testing your blood sugar at home? With a meter?

Do not test yourself during or after exercise, as it will read higher.

If you use steroids for pain/inflammation, it will test higher also.
Infections too can raise it temporarily.
As will high Vitamin C intake.
http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read/1999/09/01/1630.html

I do take vitamin C but only 500 mg a day... this person took 4,500k mg of Vit C.. Yeah I'm using a meter. I was hoping the meter was wrong my my girlfriend tested at 80 fasting, 100 2 hrs. I'm currently taking an antibiotic but no steroids for all I know. Would I get elevated results if I tested it at the hospital?

so you are taking an antibiotic?
 

So you have an infection of some kind? This will raise blood sugar.

Well, I don't know if you remember but I have had GI symptoms for some time now and the doctor thinks it's a stomach bug/bacteria/parasite or something like that. I've been on antibiotics for about 5 days and the GI symptoms seem to be getting better, but still nowhere near "normal". Next stop is an endoscopy. So I'm not sure if I have an infection or not....

Wait until you are all better, then go for the test Mrs. D suggested.

When you have anything wrong in your body, any tests results are screwed up.

Melody

There are quite a few respected docs that are researchers
that consider PN to be a pre-diabetic condition,
even if you have not been Dx'd with a type 1 or 2 diabetic condition.
I do not have diabetes, but it is in my family history,
both sides (type 2 old age onset, my dad & my mom's dad).
My neuro (head of the neuro dept, at Hopkins) has me down
as pre-diabetic, with borderline high-normal test results.

:eek:Wow! I thought I was doing OK with my diabetes T2...On my best days my sugar are about 135....on my bad days they can shoot up to 288! :confused: I am due for a checkup with my Dr. I am sure that he will change my meds....right now I am on 1000 mg of Metformin in the AM and same in the PM!!!

keeping perspective...
 

You want to keep your perspective here.

1) fasting of 72 is pretty low. More typical would be 90.

2) 110 is not a "spike", it is a mild elevation.
my son just got his test results back--he is 26--- and his fasting glucose was in the mid 80's.

The choice of words here -- spike--- communicates to me that you are
anxious. This alone will not be good for your health.

While it is still rare young people are presenting with Type II diabetes, it is happening. But most of the late teens and early 20's are obese, with terrible daily habits.

Severe stress that is continual will raise cortisol levels in your blood and therefore raise blood sugar.

I am curious as to what you do for a living there in Korea. Are you under alot of stress there for some reason?