what causes hot flashes when you have diabetes and your blood sugar goes up high?
Question by rachelle: what causes hot flashes when you have diabetes and your blood sugar goes up high? My granny has diabetes. At night she has hot flashes. A friend told her when that happens to check her blood sugar, so she did and her blood sugar goes up to 160+ so my question is what is going on? What causes this to happen? Best answer: Answer by john e russo md facm faafpElevated blood glucose does not unusually cause ‘hot flashes’. A glucose reading of 160+ mg/dL or 8.9+ mmol/L is only mildly elevated and would not cause any symptoms at all. Thus it is not her diabetes nor her glucose readings that are causing her ‘hot flashes’. When you say 160+ mg/dL or 8.9+ mmol/L it causes me to wonder just how high her glucose readings go. A non-diabetic’s fasting glucose is typically 70 to 100 mg/dL or 3.9 to 5.6 mmol/L. A non-diabetic’s post-prandial (after meal) or bedtime glucose typically does not exceed 140 mg/dL or 7.8 mmol/L. Please note that I say ‘typically’ as there will be somevariation from day to day. The goal for a diabetic is similar but not necessarily identical. Physicians tend to allow diabetics to run slightly higher glucose levels in order to avoid excessive hypoglycemia. If your grandmother consistently runs at the level that you suggest she might wish to let her physician know. A change in her medical regimen may be in order. If I may be of further assistance please let me know. I wish you both the very best of health and in all things may God bless. What do you think? Answer below! Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
September 29th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category:
