High blood sugar?

My blood sugar usually test a little high. Around 115. My doctor says this is pre diabetic and recommends diet and exercise. But I already eat good and exercise. Besides, and before Lyme, I've always been told I'm perfectly healthy and fit. I always ate good and excersized.
Is Lyme known to raise blood sugar? Some things I've read say Lyme can actually lower blood sugar. But in general don't infections often cause blood sugar to rise?
I'm a little confused. My general practice doc acts like I have lifestyle induced pre diabetes. But given my healthy lifestyle should I be concerned with my blood sugar being a little high? Could this be contributing to my fatigue?

That’s 6.4 I think using the measurement we use in Canada.

Yah - it’s a bit high but nothing to worry about IMO.

Question - did you eat later in the evening prior to testing the next morning?

Consider doing an A1C test which is an average over the past 2-3 months.

Lyme hasn’t raised mine - in fact once I had a test below 4.0 which is going toward hypoglycaemia (I think it was 3.6 - can’t remember now - or maybe 3.9)

Lostcoast -

115 fasting is pre-diabetic. Yes it is concerning enough to learn about it and how your body react to carbs, sugar, and stress. As mentioned, I would get the A1c tested which is a blood glucose average of the last few months. If thats high, then get a meter to see how often your fasting sugar is.

Glucose meters are sold in any pharmacy, you can geta " 20 time test kit" for $20 should you desire to look into this. There are herbal formulas that actually can help lower blood glucose too. As with any supplements, they work differently for different people, so there is some money invested in trial and error.

The good news is if you consume breads and sugars, this is a simple change, and lymies are use to health and life changes.

Do you have any known autoimmune issues like thyroid ect? Diabetes (type 1 and also II) seem to like autoimmune people.

Stress also increases blood sugar because cortisol is what signals the liver to release glucose into your blood. If you were running from a saber tooth tiger, your muscles would need this jump in blood glucose. This is also why and how the holy basil herb used to regulate or lower cortisol also is known to slightly lower blood glucose. Some of the older blood pressure meds also coincidentally can lower blood glucose a little even though they are not intended to do this.

Elevated glucose can happen to any person even very fit pro level athletes. Blood sugar naturally elevates as we age to. In the US, most people with health insurance have yearly blood tests as part of there insurance covered yearly physical. Glucose is always on this test panel.

Just another thing to learn.

Girlie said...
Can you not get the glucose monitors for free in the U.S.?

I remember discussing this before, you Canadians get a little better coverage with this stuff.

For a US citizen with income: Our government mandated insurance is private (like them forcing you to buy a car from a private car dealer), but your insurance "benefits" will/can vary.

"Hard" medical items are generally purchased at normal price if not proven needed. If needed, insurance coverage varies just like a drug Rx.

American health care does not seem to think preventive measurements matter, as it feeds the big pharma and seems to want us all to get sick and be repeated "customers". Sick = $

If your glucose is naturally under 125, then its determined not "needed" and you pay 100% as insurance says your not "ill". This is BS. So 124 is fine, but 125 and you might die lol. If you average 124, you will be 125 and higher sooner than you think.

These test meters dont vary much in accuracy, but can vary a lot in cost. You need to shop the cost of the meter and tests strips, lancers are cheap. Most pharmacy's have some in house brand test kit that comes down to about .50 to $1.00 a test.