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High sugar after Covid and steroids
My sugar level increased after Covid
Took steroids for 4-5 days.
Now sugar fasting is 130 and PP 230 without tablet.
With 1 Metformin 500 at breakfast, fasting is 114 PP is 162.
With 0.5 Metformin 500 at breakfast, fasting is 124 PP is 179.
Which medicine should I continue and Is this diabetes permanent ?
I never had diabetes before covid.
Plz suggest.
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Dr. Tanvi Parikh
General Physician
11 yrs exp
Pune
Covid infection and steroids used to treat it can cause temporary elevation in sugars. The goal fasting sugars is less than 120 and 2 hrs post meal is less than 140. Recommend contributing metformin 1 tablet of 500 much daily, and obtaining HbA1C, fasting and PP sugar in the lab in 2 weeks. HbA1C is gold standard test to exclude or diagnose diabetes. Based on that, it will be determined if you have diabetes and whether you require medications for longer
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