High BG at Lunch

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Mike_Holland 1 post

My BG reading is perfect at breakfast but by lunch has gone very high. The same thing happens if I eat breakfast or not. Which insulin should I increase?! Any help very gratefully taken......

Charlie C
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
2 posts

Mike, if it goes up but you havent had any breakfast or any quick acting insulin then i'd be looking at your slow acting (basal) insulin. However if it goes up after breakfast (which it should a little) then maybe you need to check you've counted your carbs correctly.

Hope this helps.

C

novorapidboi26 DAFNE Graduate
NHS Lanarkshire
1,819 posts

As C says, if there is no QA isulin orcarbs having an effect then it must be the BI insulin that needs tested and adjusted.........

the dawn phenomenon may also be contributing, having some carb and insulin is sometimes needed to stop the liver dumping glucose....