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Sudden rise of blood sugar
Hi I m 36.i had a fever and cold for nearly 8 days. I took injection and took tablets still not recovered. Yesterday I went to doctor he told me take test for platelet count. Found sudden rise of blood sugar to 210 . My question is blood sugar rise can because of infection or diabetes.. I m a marine engineer I used to take medical every year aug2021 it was normal.. Please suggest..
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You need to do HbA1c, if that is normal then we can say your high sugar reading is due to infection ( stress hyper glycemia )
But if your HbA1c comes In a diabetic range , this it’s unlikely due to your recent infection.
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It's ok. Sugar will rise with any stressful conditions like fever etc. It will normalise
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May me due to infection
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