Why would the glucose level rise when you have infection? What is the normal ran!


Question: Why would the glucose level rise when you have infection? and what is the normal range for glucose?


Answers: Why would the glucose level rise when you have infection? and what is the normal range for glucose?

Serum glucose levels rise in the presence of stress and illness, which includes infection, is a form of physical stress.

Normal adult range for a fasting glucose is 70-110mg/dL.
Postprandial range is less than 140mg/dL over 2 hours.
Random glucose should be in the low to mid 100s.

The actual range depends on the lab doing the testing. There will be some variation but it's insignificant.

80 -120

Your blood sugar can get high during illness as a stress response to the changes that are occurring in the process of fighting illness. 80-120 is a normal blood sugar range.

High blood glucose levels are common during illness especially in viral illnesses with fever, i.e. influenza or a bad cold or in bacterial illnesses, i.e. ear infections and tonsillitis. The blood glucose levels rise as



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