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Posted 2/8/2013 10:30 PM (GMT 0)
Hey guys,

So I just got back from my primary care doc since I thought I had a kidney infection (had a uti about a week ago) and he did a urine test and found sugar in my blood. We did a sugar test on the spot and it was 99, which was fine after eating one hour ago.

What the HECK? He is attributing this to my prednisone use (ended in nov 2011 for 10 months) which totally blows my mind!!! Is looking into my gi drugs more since we couldn't get ahold of my gi. Anyone else experience this??

He wanted a kidney ultrasound, glucose tolerance test, and 24 hour urine screen.... I talked him into doing the urine sample again in a week. This just totally blows my mind.

Help?! If this has to do with my steroids I'm going to bash my head into the wall.
Posted 2/9/2013 9:08 PM (GMT 0)
so then you get a sore head for nothing!

Prednisone can cause many problems...that's a fact! You should probably have gone for the tests he suggested. If all is clear, not to worry.

Did he also take other blood tests (kidney, pancreas, liver) and to check for blood sugar etc?

q
Posted 2/9/2013 10:50 PM (GMT 0)
My 17 year old daughter just recently got over a UTI. She also had sugar in her urine and she's not on pred or any med actually. It's pretty common to have sugar in your urine with a UTI. But it's always best to get check out because if I'm not mistaken, pred can induce diabetes.
Posted 2/10/2013 1:40 AM (GMT 0)
Ill take my head Hurting anyday just to remind me never to go back on such a harsh drug!
My uti has been cleared up for like 2 weeks though.. So that doesn't make sense.

Honestly, between the time I don't have to get those 3 seperate tests were just going to do the original screening in one week and go from there. None of this is adding up. Thanks for the input guys.
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