Don’t know if it’s from the sinus infection or the Z Pack I started 2 days ago (or neither!); however, blood sugars are running extra high. Every time I decide to use a temp increase, they seem to stabilize. Anyone else ever have this experience?
I always run high when I am on antibiotics. I too do not know if it is being sick or the antibiotics or both. Whatever it is, I run high. I always up my basals the minute I start taking antibiotics. I also down water by the gallon. It helps with flushing the funk from the illness out and water helps insulin work better.
Feel better and good luck.
~Shelby
Before I started on my plastic pancreas, I used to get infections on my feet and had to take antibiotics. I could always tell when I was getting an infection because my sugar would sky-rocket! Talking going from 200-250 up to 450-500 in a matter of hours.
It has always been my thinking that the infection, wherever it may be, causes the sugars to go up as it did the same when I have a sinus infection or an upper respiratory infection.
Good luck and hope you get well soon! Keep an eye on the sugars and maintain as much control as you can. Just be careful of the lows…
I believe when the body is out of sorts the blood sugars are always affected. Everything being so intrically connected. Great idea from othes about water…keep drinking! lemon is good to add. I also take tons of probiotics with the antibiotic to keep the stomach bacteria from going mad. Dropping pills right in yogurt with each one.
When your sick and on antibiotics it is normal for sugars to be higher,
Thanks for the comments here, my 6 yo recently diagnosed daughter has been on Azithromycin for a few days and she has been wildly fluctuating on her glucose count. 54 to 411. I’ve been trying to chase my proverbial tail with her changes as they do not follow her normal daily patterns. I feel better now I know I am not the cause, and will continue to monitor her closely.
Infections tend to drive insulin needs up, by a lot. The body becomes more insulin resistant. Do a lot more finger-sticking and keep her well-hydrated. You’ll need to feel your way with the insulin dosing. Check with your daughter’s doctor about increasing doses. I’ve given as much as 2x my usual total daily dose when fighting infections. When the antibiotics put down the infection the increased insulin needs do not need to back off immediately, like a cliff. My insulin needs seemed to slowly return to normal. Let your meter and doctor be your guide!
Yes, I think the infection has more to do with it than the antibiotics. For my part anyway I’ve never seen any effect once I started on antibiotics beyond what I was already seeing due to the sickness. There certainly are medications that can have that affect of course. Any kind of steroid, particularly the infamous orthopedic cortisone injection.
I didn’t always have this issue (with either antibiotics or infections), but recently, I had a sinus infection (which did not seem to raise my BG), and had trouble with higher BGs after starting on antibiotics. For me, I combated that problem by also taking some probiotics (on the advice of my dietician). Antibiotics are often indiscriminate and can kill off needed good bacteria…