It seems as if they ought to be low after not eating all night.
2007-03-27 19:09:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Diabetes
This is called the Dawn Phenomenon, and pay attention to your body. When morning readings are higher than nightime, somethis is amiss somewhere.
Are you taking insulin, if not skip to the next paragraph. If you are then it may be you are taking too little insulin, you are running out at night and then your BG rises. Even if you are on insulin you may be experiencing one of the things in the next paragraph, which affect insulin dependant, medicated, and diet controlled diabetics.
High morning readings are important to pay attention to, and is usually caused by 1 of two things. You are either experiencing morning insulin resistance which is your body reacting to the morning hormones we all release - the things that perpare us for they day. Or you are experiencing a liver dump, which is a reaction to too low (hypoglocemic) BG levels at night, causing you liver to dump all of its glucose, which spikes your reading.
LIVER DUMP can be fixed by a small snack at night (I have this) Do not eat sugary foods. Keep it healthy - a small amount of peanut butter, cheeze wheat toast, or my personal favorite - half a bar of Glucerna Snack Bar. Glucerna is made just for diabetics, unlike alot of other low-carb supplementals.
Also wake up a couple of times a week to be sure you aren't dropping too low - too low for you would be best defined by your Endocrinologist.
MORNING INSULIN RESISTANCE - You need to discuss this with your doctor, and remember - if it is MIR then your carbohydrate choices for morning could cause high readings through midday or longer.
2007-03-27 21:45:39 · answer #1 · answered by Lea 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
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2016-05-18 23:46:57 · answer #2 · answered by Lawrence 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-17 16:46:32 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-17 13:11:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lea has the answer. You must get up several times per night for awhile to check your BG. If it gets low while you are sleeping there are little fairies running around inside you that kick the crud out of your liver and, release stored calories from there. If you are experiencing a soggy bed where you sleep (not urine, this is a total body sweat condition) you need to definitely do this mid sleep BG test. If you find good levels during the nighttime hours then it is the dawn phenomenon spoken of. Goodness how far we have come in 30 years. My Dr. that diagnosed me said " there have been amazing advancements in the field, Hell you could live to be 40". I am 52 now and doing pretty good. I never had any kind of instruction on drawing up insulin, how to inject, where to inject, how much to inject, when to inject, what to look for as far as to much or to little, what to do in either case. That Dr. is dead now. Ironically he died from an insulin/low blood sugar related car accident. Fortunately there was no one else involved but himself.
2007-03-28 01:03:43 · answer #5 · answered by Dalton K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That should be the lowest reading of the day depending on a couple of things: Did you take your bedtime meds on time?
what was your bedtime snack and
Did you eat too much?
Be sure that if your morning sugar remains high, to call your doctor. It can also be caused by stress, pain, excitement, etc. But you need to know for sure.
2007-03-27 19:18:14 · answer #6 · answered by cactus bloom 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
fasting blood sugar is high in the morning after a night simply because in sleep your body is at rest, no physical activity, no consumtion of calories,
if you eat sweet before sleep and go for the test it will be high as compare to if you dont take sugar or sewwt in your night meal
2007-03-27 21:37:08 · answer #7 · answered by AMS 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They should be lower. You need to set alarms during the night to see what your sugars are then. Every two hours you need to check it. You will find your answers then.
2007-03-28 04:07:00 · answer #8 · answered by heathermagoo13 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your liver or pancrease is what makes the sugar. I cant remember which.
The tests are to see if your body is producing too much sugar on its own. If so then they might start you on something like metformin.
2007-03-27 19:19:28 · answer #9 · answered by Tyson boy's dad 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋