has anyone ever heard of blood sugar from diabetes being as high as 750 if not what is the highest it can be??

Answer 1

When I was first diagnosed 10 years ago, my blood sugar reading was over 1000 (the meter stopped counting at that point, so I don't know how high it actually was). But to answer your question, yes, it is possible.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

A person with diabetes can have incredibly high blood sugar readings. I've been a diabetic for many years and at one point mine was over 800!!!! My body tolerated it better than it should have. I actually walked into the emergency room and told them that my monitor hadn't been reading my levels for about 4 hours and since I was taking injections and my levels still weren't reading it scared me. Of course I didn't feel the best in the world. The physicians were amazed at the fact I was alert with a reading that high. My best friend was took the emergency room 2 years ago because he got deathly ill Thanksgiving day when they checked his levels his blood sugar was 1300!!!! He didn't even know he was a diabetic till that day. It sounds impossible for someone to be alive with a reading that high but some of us are extremely lucky to make it through these times. My mother works in a hospital and they just had a man die because his levels were over 2500!!! That's the highest I've heard of but I'm sure they go higher than that.

Answer 4

Yes, 750 is pretty high. There's really no set limit that cannot be surpassed, but with a blood sugar of 750 a person is in very obvious need of immediate medical attention. Extremely rapid acting insulins, e.g. Humalog, will bring down the blood sugar quickly.

Answer 5

I'm not sure the highest possible, but 750 is just way beyond acceptable. Normal range is 80-120.

The glucometers that the medics I work with use don't register higher than 500. We have a regular pt whose meter goes to 600 and she's told us a couple of times that she maxed that out. She has no other serious symptoms of hyperglycemia, mostly because she is like that all the time.

Answer 6

When I was found passed out at work, they took me to the emergency room where lab results showed that my sugar level was a shockingly high 1284. That's no joke. I was in the ICU for a week on all sorts of insulin drips. I asked my doctor if I held the hospital record. He shook his head and said no.

Even though I was diagnosed with diabetes that day, and I didn't hold the hospital record, I figure it's all ok because I'm still alive.

Answer 7

That's really high.

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Answer 8

Yes, I've heard of that. Ecspecially for people who don't know/don't care about their diabetes. Before BG testers were available and affordable, people had no way of tracking their BG's. I know somebody who has been over 1,000! It can go as high as your body will allow it. I'm sure there is a point where your body might shut down but I don't know how high that is or what exactly would happen.

Answer 9

When I was diagnosed mine was 940. I was in the hospital for about a week. I didn't know what the symptoms were and I had let it go on for quite a while before going to the doctor to ask why I was having such strange problems (dry mouth, always SO thirsty, and peeing all the time)

Answer 10

As a nurse, I've seen it that high but a person was then put on an insulin drip. I'm not sure how high it can go before it is incompatible with life. An endocrinologist could answer to that.