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Thread: Recent unexplained glucose level spikes

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11-11-2008, 03:24 PM

Brian J

Junior Member

I am a: Type 1

Join Date: Aug 2008

Location: White Rock, BC, Canada

Posts: 35

Ebster,

Get her to check her blood at 4am, 5am and so on until she finds when it starts to rise. It could be dawn phenomonen. The liver assumes there is not enough glucose in the system because her insulin level is too low, so it releases extra glucose into her. Usually, what is needed is a slight extra amount of insulin at the time just before it starts. I started getting this happening to me at about 48 years old. One or two units of novorapid at 6am prevents the rapid rise for me.