If your sugar is 150 and 15 minutes later it's 114, what does that mean for a nondiabetic?

Question

Most of the time it's below 140 2 hours after a meal. Sometimes it spikes to 200 -- briefly and comes right back down again. I check it now and then because my husband is diabetic and has a meter here. I checked with my doctor's office, and the nurse said not to worry. My fasting last time it was checked in the office was 96. She said that's all they would do again. She said she wasn't concerned, and most nondiabetics don't know what their sugar levels might range throughout the day. I'm always around 100 at meal time -- below that in the mornings. And sometimes below that during the day. It's just after meals that it spikes like that -- especially the first hour. Then it comes down to normal range quickly. Do I have a concern here or not? If my nurse isn't concerned, then I guess I shouldn't be? Maybe I should forget about using this monitor. I have no symptoms --- just curious if this could still be considered normal for a nondiabatic. Thank you

Answer 1

The 150 reading is cause for concern.  Is there a reason you are testing your blood sugar?  If you have a reading of 126+ more than once you could be diabetic.

I disagree with Katie - A normally functioning pancreas should keep your blood sugar relatively level.  I have eaten pancakes with syrup and my blood sugar was 81 afterwards (I tested my sugar because my son has diabetes just too see if my sugar would spike)

Answer 2

Without knowing what you are eating and how much, I would say your body is functioning normally.  You eat and your blood sugar goes up.  two hours later it is back to normal.  That is the way the body is suppose to work.  If you stayed at 200, then there woudl be cause for concern.

I guess the other question is why are you even testing yourself so much????  Those test strips are not cheap!  Basically your body is functioning normally.

Answer 3

Those reading depend on when you ate and what you ate.

But frankly, they sound completely normal for a person that is nondiabetic.

EVERYBODY will have a "spike" right after they eat.  the nondiabetic may continue this spike for 15-30 minuites, but after tha the insulin kicks in and the reading goes down -- just like you said.

A reading of 114 is normal.

But a diabetic, that "spike" DOESN'T go down.  They will spike to 250, then stay ther for 4 or 5 HOURS.  And each hour they stay high, the more damage it does to the system.

Answer 4

If you are not diabetic, I wouldn't worry about it. Had you just drank some juice or eaten something before the 150 reading? If your blood sugar is dropping that fast it probably has something to do with your energy and the amount of food you had just eaten. If you are not diabetic, this is just the way your body handles food. Don't worry.

Answer 5

Essentially, it means nothing.  Even for a diabetic it doesn't mean much.  Two blood sugars taken within minutes of each other are always going to be different.  It has to do with so many variables that taken that close together in a healthy person, it simply doesn't indicate anything other than that your body is using the fuel you provide it, and it doesn't do that at a continuous rate, the rate you burn fuel varies widely thru the day.