allergy and diabetes are dangerous together, and even more dangerous when not knowing what to do?
my 11 year old boy has diabetes type 2. we knew that being sick would raise his sugar levels, so giving him medicine would cure his condition, ( light sore throat ) but for a whole week we didn´t see any improvement in his sugar level, so we took him to the doctor, we just found out boy is allergic to god knows what. he was prescribed medicine but for some reason his sugar level remain high. he usually had his sugar level ok, except when he was sick. don´t know what to do exccept cleaning the whole house and exercise as soon as he wakes up
I’ve been having a similar problem with my daughter. She’s 2 years old, and a type 1 diabetic. Her blood sugars for the last month have not been consistent at all. She’ll be fine for a week, and then suddenly she’d shoot up into the 400’s and 500’s right before bedtime. Very scary stuff. We’d be fighting highs for 1 – 3 days, and then go back to normal very quickly. Nobody could figure it out, her endo kept asking me if I was letting her snack whenever she wanted. Of course I wasn’t letting her snack, and she wasn’t snacking on her own because I was watching her closely.
So, the last time that happened she started complaining that her eye and nose hurt. We were thinking it was a sinus infection, but no, the doctor said allergies. Not even serious allergies, they’re guessing it’s just a little hay fever, or dust allergy. They aren’t even planning on testing her for it, because it’s so mild. It’s amazing how something so common and mostly harmless can cause a diabetic child so many problems.
Exercise is the key with allergies. I’m trying to get my little girl out more often. I know that when I’m in good shape my allergies are significantly better than if I haven’t been exercising at all. It’s a huge difference. And it’ll help the diabetes too. Your son and my daughter have different types of diabetes, but they are the same in this respect.