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Does Steroid-induced Elevated Blood Sugar Return To Normal After Steroid Cessation?
sir myi mom suffering with colitis ulcers she is using steroids omminocortil 40mgand saaz 500mg and other steroids she has no diabetes till now when she started using this tablets her blood sugar level increased to 238mg/dl after eating below 1hr we took the test before 15days her sugar level is 112mg/dl these steroids course duration is 1month after 1month can it be a normal again or is she belongs to diabetics
Mon, 30 Oct 2017
Steroids are known to cause temporary elevations in blood sugar. You mother should be tapered off steroids if she has been instructed to be on them for one month. After she has stopped taking steroids, her blood sugar should return to what it was before taking steroids. She would not be diagnosed with diabetes based only on having elevated blood sugar levels while on steroids.
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