June 29, 2003
Hyperglycemia and DKA
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Question from Cockeysville, Maryland, USA:
My nephew has had extremely high readings while in school. He has normal readings at home, but there is always a problem at school.The other day, he actually reached 490 mg/dl [27.2 mmol/L], and my sister had to pick him up and take him home. I baby sit for her as often as I can, and I don’t feel that anyone has come up with an answer regarding this situation.
Answer:
From: DTeam Staff
I’m afraid that he’s almost certainly eating sweets at school. The only other possibility is that he is extremely anxious about school (e.g., bullying) as this could raise his blood glucose. I’m assuming that he’s not normally having an injection at lunchtime — omission would also cause high sugars in the afternoon.
KJR
