can severe pain affect sugar levels ?

[Guest guest]

I suffer type 2 diabetes plus RA and OA. Just lately my pain levels

have soared - totally awful, cannot sleep more than a couple of hours,

pain in knees, feet neck, shoulders, hips and hands. Seeing

Rheumatologist on 23rd March but have noticed that my glucose levels

are very up and down.

Can anyone tell me if the pain affects the glucose levels, I am

wondering if the stress levels and exhaustion I am feeling are the

cause of my high sugar readings ?

Lynda

[Guest guest]

Hi Lynda,

I also have type 2 diabetes. I don't think that the pain itself

causes your sugar to soar, but I know that I had to go off

prednisone because my sugar levels were staying between 500 and 600.

My rheumy told me that prednisone was causing it to be so high. Now

that I am off of it, the highest my sugar runs(with meds) is around

280. Hope this helps. Gloria

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> I suffer type 2 diabetes plus RA and OA. Just lately my pain

levels

> have soared - totally awful, cannot sleep more than a couple of

hours,

> pain in knees, feet neck, shoulders, hips and hands. Seeing

> Rheumatologist on 23rd March but have noticed that my glucose

levels

> are very up and down.

>

> Can anyone tell me if the pain affects the glucose levels, I am

> wondering if the stress levels and exhaustion I am feeling are the

> cause of my high sugar readings ?

>

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> Lynda

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