Re: Need answers about blood glucose levels

[Guest guest]

Anne,

Typically we don't treat patients with diabetes until their blood sugar levels

reach 150 or above. My son isn't a diabetic and his blood glucose levels are

also consistently high. So are his cholesterol levels. I think that it has

something do do with the mito and the way that things are metabolized. You

could ask your doc for a fasting blood glucose. That would give you a better

idea of whether or not you should get worried about glucose levels. The

pedialyte probably contains a good amount of sugar. I would be far more

worried about low glucose than slightly high glucose. I would not get worried

about it but would keep an eye on it.

[Guest guest]

Hi Anne,

My son's blood glucose goes sky high during a cyclic vomiting episode! I'm trying to think here....the last time we went to the ER, upon admittance his sugar was 226, diagnosed through labs. Then after 2 boluses of IV fluids with Zofran, it came down to 177(finger prick test). After that I don't remember what it did the rest of the hospital stay.

Dr. Li, a world-renowned expert in Cyclic Vomiting, says that this is some kind of stress hormone response, and that since their bodies don't have enough energy production on their own and need more during a crisis, that the glucose kind of kicks in to try and give their bodies more energy. I couldn't locate the report that said this, but I'm about 99% sure that's what he said. Does Asher's blood pressure go up during a vomiting episode too? This is another sign of that hormone stress response. He did say that normally their glucose levels do drop, and their blood pressure does too, so this would be another sign of Mito I guess. Devin doesn't yet have a Mito diagnosis, but this is yet another red flag for them.

Hope that helped.

e *Ü*

-- Need answers about blood glucose levels

Hi all,My question has to do with glucose levels. I just got a copy of the lab results run during Asher's hospital stay in January. Anyhow, I'm not concerned about much in terms of hs blood work - there are some lows and highs but they change over the course of his inpatient stay, but... Asher's blood glucose levels are consistently higher than the reference range. The norms for his age are: 70-104 and Asher ran 121 on Jan. 18th (that was when we were in the emergency room - no IV's had been started yet, so he had no glucose/dextrose; in addition, he'd been vomiting off and on for the 4 or 5 days before that day and was just getting Pedialyte and throwing at least some of that up); Asher ran a 123 on Jan 19th and a 124 on Jan 21st. No glucose in his urine so that's good.Isn't it typically that these kids blood sugars drop during illness? Anybody have the opposite happen? I know these levels aren't horribly high, but it makes me wonder if something is beginning (always the worry in these kids).Any thoughts would be appreciated.Thanks,Anne R - mom to Asher (Complex III defect, partial Complex I defect) Please contact mito-owner with any problems or questions.

[Guest guest]

Hi, I have 2 Diabetic kids so I am used to this. The stress

will usually raise the blood glucose and so will any dehydration.

The dehydration makes the blood more concentrated so glucose will

show up in higher numbers when testing. Readings in the 120s are

not anything to be concerned about if they are in any kind of

illness or stress condition.

> Hi Anne,

> My son's blood glucose goes sky high during a cyclic vomiting

episode! I'm

> trying to think here....the last time we went to the ER, upon

admittance his

> sugar was 226, diagnosed through labs. Then after 2 boluses of IV

fluids

> with Zofran, it came down to 177(finger prick test). After that I

don't

> remember what it did the rest of the hospital stay.

> Dr. Li, a world-renowned expert in Cyclic Vomiting, says that this

is some

> kind of stress hormone response, and that since their bodies don't

have

> enough energy production on their own and need more during a

crisis, that

> the glucose kind of kicks in to try and give their bodies more

energy. I

> couldn't locate the report that said this, but I'm about 99% sure

that's

> what he said. Does Asher's blood pressure go up during a vomiting

episode

> too? This is another sign of that hormone stress response. He did

say that

> normally their glucose levels do drop, and their blood pressure

does too, so

> this would be another sign of Mito I guess. Devin doesn't yet have

a Mito

> diagnosis, but this is yet another red flag for them.

> Hope that helped.

> e *Ü*

>

> -- Need answers about blood glucose levels

>

> Hi all,

>

> My question has to do with glucose levels. I just got a copy of

the lab

> results run during Asher's hospital stay in January. Anyhow, I'm

not

> concerned about much in terms of hs blood work - there are some

lows and

> highs but they change over the course of his inpatient stay,

but... Asher's

> blood glucose levels are consistently higher than the reference

range. The

> norms for his age are: 70-104 and Asher ran 121 on Jan. 18th (that

was when

> we were in the emergency room - no IV's had been started yet, so

he had no

> glucose/dextrose; in addition, he'd been vomiting off and on for

the 4 or 5

> days before that day and was just getting Pedialyte and throwing

at least

> some of that up); Asher ran a 123 on Jan 19th and a 124 on Jan

21st. No

> glucose in his urine so that's good.

>

> Isn't it typically that these kids blood sugars drop during

illness? Anybody

> have the opposite happen? I know these levels aren't horribly

high, but it

> makes me wonder if something is beginning (always the worry in

these kids).

>

> Any thoughts would be appreciated.

>

> Thanks,

> Anne R - mom to Asher (Complex III defect, partial Complex I

defect)

>

> Please contact mito-owner with any problems or

questions.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Anne,

I am behind on emails so I don't know if anyone else

addressed this. Blood glucose will rise when a body

is under stress or has an infection be it viral or

bacterial. When nondiabetic patients are in the

hospital they are not really addressed unless they are

consistently over 200. If he had an IV running of D5

or D10 then it would cause the blood sugars to be a

little higher. Pedialyte also has a lot of sugar in

it so it was good that he could keep his blood sugars

up.

Loriann- mom to , 12.5 yr old twins and

Lucas 9 yrs old with nonspecific mito, FOD(LCHAD),

ataxia, febrile seizures, hypothyroidism, global

developmental delays, J-J tube fed, G-tube vented,

cortical visual impairment etc.

--- AReckling@... wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> My question has to do with glucose levels. I just

> got a copy of the lab

> results run during Asher's hospital stay in

> January. Anyhow, I'm not concerned

> about much in terms of hs blood work - there are

> some lows and highs but they

> change over the course of his inpatient stay, but...

> Asher's blood glucose

> levels are consistently higher than the reference

> range. The norms for his age

> are: 70-104 and Asher ran 121 on Jan. 18th (that was

> when we were in the

> emergency room - no IV's had been started yet, so he

> had no glucose/dextrose; in

> addition, he'd been vomiting off and on for the 4 or

> 5 days before that day and was

> just getting Pedialyte and throwing at least some of

> that up); Asher ran a

> 123 on Jan 19th and a 124 on Jan 21st. No glucose in

> his urine so that's good.

>

> Isn't it typically that these kids blood sugars drop

> during illness? Anybody

> have the opposite happen? I know these levels aren't

> horribly high, but it

> makes me wonder if something is beginning (always

> the worry in these kids).

>

> Any thoughts would be appreciated.

>

> Thanks,

> Anne R - mom to Asher (Complex III defect, partial

> Complex I defect)

>