Sugar rising after shower

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Permalink Reply by MelissaBL on September 30, 2009 at 10:19pm

Some people's blood sugars drop in the shower (if they change at all) due to increased bloodflow from the heat. So my guess would be that, most likely, your blood sugar was already on the rise. Do you take shots or use a pump, what had you eaten, etc? If you were a pumper that disconnected for half an hour, you'd see a rise, but you'd likely see it longer after the shower and not right after. Whether you use injections or a pump, it could be a reaction from the last meal you ate.

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Permalink Reply by Cathy on October 1, 2009 at 12:46am

No, but it usually goes done after a hot shower

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Permalink Reply by Ashley on October 1, 2009 at 12:59am

Mine will usually spike after a shower...but I'm pretty sure it's die to me removing my pump. Are you on a pump?

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Permalink Reply by NyJonesy26/Ken on October 1, 2009 at 3:25pm

Nah, I'm still on shots. A pump would be nice, but I'm not sure if I want one just yet.

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Permalink Reply by Gerri on October 1, 2009 at 1:28am

Nope. Mine is usually the same or slightly lower. Often it's hard to tell what the cause is (other than the obvious things) because you can't tell if BG may be on its way up or down anyway.

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Permalink Reply by Teena on October 1, 2009 at 2:50am

Actually...its the reverse. Hot shower lowers my blood sugar.

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Permalink Reply by Stacey on October 1, 2009 at 6:30am

My BG's don’t change at all with showers...as a matter of fact I've never heard of that happening and think its pretty interesting!

The only time I do rise around a shower is if I unhook my pump, so I don’t do that anymore. :)

Even if I were to take the "missing basal" in advance of my shower I’d still rise so I just got one of those plastic things you can stick to the shower wall, which I stick on the far wall, and put my pump in there while showering. I haven’t had any problems with it getting wet, my BG's are happy and I use the super long tubing so I don’t have many issues with getting tangled up in the tubing.

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Permalink Reply by Robin M on October 1, 2009 at 6:39am

Have you ever checked your BG 3 or 4 times from the same finger stick. Depending on your meter, it can easily vary 20 points. Or it may be DP kicking in.

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Permalink Reply by Dave   _ on October 1, 2009 at 7:14am

A long hot shower drops me up to 40 points, depending on circumstances. A 7-10 minute, less-hot shower barely moves my bg's. My bg's NEVER rise due to taking a shower.

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Permalink Reply by MeadowLark on October 1, 2009 at 9:06am

Yup! When I take a shower... no matter the time of day etc.. I get a spike of 30 to 40 points higher. I guess we're rare; but it does happen.
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Permalink Reply by Dave   _ on October 1, 2009 at 9:08am

Are you a pumper?

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Permalink Reply by Helmut on October 1, 2009 at 6:52pm

My bg also rises by about 20 points when I shower. It rises by about 10 points when I floss and another 10 points when I brush my teeth. However, I don't have any evidence that flossing, brushing my teeth or showering MAKES my bg go up. I happen to do all these things right after I get up in the morning. My CGM shows me that the second I get out of bed my bg starts rising for about half an hour. My bg rises no matter what I do. I consider it a side effect of getting up. The bg rise after I get out of bed is steady. I cannot tell when I switched from one activity to another. My bg rise does not seem to be impacted by the nature of my morning activities.

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