I have a question my daughter is 5 and has been pretty stable since diagnosis at 3 . A week ago she was given some candy she never eats and it has been a roller coaster since then . Does anyone know how long it takes for something like this to stop
something eaten a week ago would not be affecting your blood sugar today. maybe something else is going on, or she’s having a growth spurt.
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I’d vote for growth spurt or about to come down with a cold or the flu.
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She had a fever during the time the candy was ingested
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When kids are sick (or adults too, but particularly true for kids), their BG can become really wild. My son goes high typically 3/4 day early of symptoms, then remains high until about a day before he can go back to school. It is very hard to bring these highs down (and, of course, I am worried of overdosing them).
Different kids react in different ways. But I think almost all of them become much harder to control when sick:(
I will often call the endo on call if I am not sure what to do. Do you have an on-call line you can call?
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Food isn’t going to stay in the system for that long. I don’t think your daughter’s symptoms, or blood sugar roller coaster has anything to do with that at all. Growth Hormones are most likely the culprit as has been expressed by others. Foods just don’t stay in the body that long and anything you eat will only have a temporary repercussions on BG.
Yes I do this is so frustrating
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hugs, and welcome to our community. Hope things smooth out for your little one.
I’m now having an issue at her preschool. When she’s home her numbers are within range sometimes under her range but when she gets to school her numbers are all of a sudden in 200s any suggestions
There are so many possible causes. It could be that she is a little stressed by preschool, and that can cause a rise. It could be that the number was ok, but was on the way up when she was getting to school. It could be snacking at school, getting a bite of some other kid’s snack. It could be the time of day her basal needs are different, and you see it when she is at school just because of the time.
Is she new to preschool, and this is possibly just a new thing that is upsetting her?
There are probably a lot of other possibilities I am not thinking of.
Is it always the same, every time she is in school, but not at home? Is it always the same time of day? If she was at home during that same exact time, and you did everything else the same, would her BG rise?
Possibly start with analyzing time of day, and basal rates during that time. See if she is ok during that time when at home, but not ok at school.
I would start by trying to figure out whether it is either time of day, or school.
@Ndidi_nwosu, when my kid (12 years old) goes to school, his BG behaves differently from home. For him (this only a pplies to him):
- his basal needs are higher than home in general
- his BG often drops quickly in gym class for obvious reasons
- there are moments when his BG shoots up, typically but not always related to stress. When he has a test he is anxious about, his BG goes up before and during. Also when he makes a presentation. Also sometimes for reasons I cannot fathom.
So in school he makes corrections when he sees his BG go up.
One note - when his BG is up because of other reasons than food, sometimes it takes a lot less insulin to go down (50%), but sometimes it is also stubborn and needs more insulin:( So it’s harder to deal with because it is less predictable.
Finally, and probably most important: the first few weeks, what happened a lot was that the kids would get a snack and he would eat the snack too without dosing. I am not sure if your kid might be doing that - or if she might be getting candy from other kids. These are frequent causes of problems early on.
She has been going to this school since September. Hear changes are all of a sudden Her routine hasn’t changed she eats at 545 am during the week gets to preschool at 6:05 then eats at 9 that’s when she’s high but at home during the week she wakes up about 7 am and is normal number
These are tough things to figure out, especially when it involves kids. Is she possibly eating something “extra” at school from a friend? Is there anything new or different at school - a new teacher or classmate?
Another thought: My kid is much more insulin resistant and/or glucose sensitive during the week when we have to wake him up earlier, than during the week-end when he wakes up on his own.
I am not sure I can explain why now vs earlier in the year. But my kid’s diabetes changes every few weeks.