My blood sugar was 6 when I went to bed, but I woke up with a 9. This isn't the first time. Why?

Answer 1

People that read questions and answers in this forum must remember that the United States uses its own unique set of laboratory values while the remainder of the planet uses Systeme Internationale (SI) units. Thus 6 mmol/L equals 108 mg/dL and 9 mmol/L equals 162 mg/dL. The conversion is mmol/L times 18 equals mg/dL or mg/dL times 0.05551 equals mmol/L. The answer to your question requires additional information. Are you type 1 or type 2? What medications are you taking? Without additional information I can tell you that the most common reason for this situation is nocturnal hypoglycemia. This means that if your glucose dropped too low while you slept and the body mobilized glucose stores from the liver to raise your glucose level. The brain is an obligate glucose consumer - it is not able to use any other substance as a food source - and the mechanism that I have described above is designed to protect the brain. When you are awake you are able to recognize that you are becoming hypoglycemic and seek out glucose to consume but when you are asleep the body must take action on its own. I wish you the very best of health and may God bless.

Answer 2

We would need to know what type of diabetes and what medication you take to be able to answer that.

Something you might want to do an internet search on is dawn phenomina, which is the name for what happens when you body produces a surge of cortisol (steroid) in the early am as part of your normal body function. Cortisol can raise your blood sugar.

Sorry about people telling you to go to the ER or that you should be dead. Over here in the US we still use miles instead of km, gallons instead of liters, pounds instead of kilos, and a funny way of reading blood sugar that no one in the rest of the world uses. My blood sugar was 134 this morning which would be 7.0 to you.

Answer 3

if your blood sugar is that low, you shouldnt be at home asking yahoo questions why, you should be at the ER asking a doctor why...