Why is my glucose high when I didn't eat for six days..?!
Question: Why is my glucose high when I didn't eat for six days!.!.!?
I just got out of the hospital because my bile duct was obstructed with gallstone and sediment that caused me to turn jaundice!. A week later after I came home from the hospital I received a letter from my doctor saying that my tests from the hospital showed I had high glucose and I needed to take a glucose test!. How is it that my glucose was high when I didn't eat for six days!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
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From your description you had a gall stone which obstructed your bile duct!. This resulted in abnormal functioning of the liver as evidenced by an increase in bilirubin (the cause of jaundice)!. The liver has enormous glucose stores!. An irritated or inflamed liver may release tremendous quantities of glucose into the blood stream resulting in hyperglycemia (elevated blood glucose)!. This circumstance however would not imply that you are likely to be a diabetic!. Nonetheless it is quite appropriate - once your liver has recovered - to perform a simple fasting capillary (finger stick) glucose!. A reading of 100 mg/dL (5!.6 mmol/L for those not in the US) or less would prove that the hyperglycemia was the result of temporary injury to the liver rather than diabetes!. If you require additional information please email me at johnerussomd@jhu!.edu!. I wish you the very best of health and may God Bless!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
It's a problem most diabetics can explain for you!. Since I am a diabetic here goes!.
When you don't eat for an extended period your liver does some magic and converts stored energy to glucose!. That's why diabetics seem to be eating all the time!. They are trying to maintain a glucose level around 100!. If we let it drop too far the liver will flood the system and there is no or very little insulin to unlock the cells for them to burn the glucose!.
Don't worry too much about the situation until you get some results from tests specifically designed to diagnose the problem!. I wouldn't trust any glucose levels measured after not eating for as long as you say!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
When you don't eat for an extended period your liver does some magic and converts stored energy to glucose!. That's why diabetics seem to be eating all the time!. They are trying to maintain a glucose level around 100!. If we let it drop too far the liver will flood the system and there is no or very little insulin to unlock the cells for them to burn the glucose!.
Don't worry too much about the situation until you get some results from tests specifically designed to diagnose the problem!. I wouldn't trust any glucose levels measured after not eating for as long as you say!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
because your body was accessing fats in your body!. the main source of energy for a person is glucose, which when goes unused, is turned to glucagon and stored as fat!. when you werent eating, your body accessed that glucose to create ATP (adensoine triphosphate) which is the "currency" of energy that is usable in your body!.
therefore you had increased glucose in your blood!.
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therefore you had increased glucose in your blood!.
hope that helps!Www@Answer-Health@Com
your glucose levels are high because your kidneys are being overworked and causing increased levels of glycogen to keep your body maintaining the energy levels that you need to function on a daily basis!.!.!. basically your kidneys are aiding you body eating itself to stay alive!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Gall stones excrete through the pancreas - can even cause Pancreatitis!. Also, infections and illness can dramatically affect blood sugars, regardless of food!.Www@Answer-Health@Com