Comments on: what is the physiological reasoning behind a diabetic patient be told to increase their insulin dose?

By: Gary B

Gary B — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:07:45 +0000

There is a form of diabetes called “Traumatic Diabetes”. It is quite common after an accident, surgery, illness etc. It seems to have something to do with the body needing extra “energy” (sugar) to heal itself.

O course, the diabetic already has a tendency towards “extra sugar” anyway, and so needs to monitor the blood sugar levels during times of “trauma” to compensate.

In normal people, this form of diabets will go away after they have healed.

By: Bolt

Bolt — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:29:34 +0000

stress (both physical and emotional), even in non diabetics, can cause a rise in blood sugar, and since a diabetic doesn’t produce any insulin in response, they would need to increase their dosage.

By: tdetheridge

tdetheridge — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:07:38 +0000

The psycological trauma causes an increace in hormone output which can effect the amount of insulin releaced by the pancreas which can cause either high or low blood sugar