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Do you notice changes to your blood glucose levels when you have a sunburn?
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If I’m outside I’m active so my glucose levels drop from that.
Grew up in Florida. Left to go to college. Came back and got horribly burned because I had never been pale before. Learned my lesson before LADA diagnosis. Now I am very very careful never to burn.
I wouldn’t know, I use sunscreen.
I am careful not to sunburn but my blood glucose does have a tendency to rise when the temperature is very hot. Could be the stress of high heat and humidity.
As a former redhead it is my God-given to burn and burn badly. As the best raises on my skin so does my blood sugar. Especially if those pesky blisters show up.
I didn’t have CGM when I last had a sunburn. I work hard at not getting a sunburn.
Haven’t had a significant sunburn in the many years I’ve been a T1D!
Never had sunburn! So can’t say.
Haven’t had a sunburn since T1D.
I don’t get sunburns.
I do my best to not get a sunburn. That being said, I haven’t noticed any differences when I may get a slight one.
I have only had light sunburn on my face since getting T1D. I have not noticed a difference with that. I am assuming you mean heavy sunburn which I haven’t had since I was a kid. I have fair skin. Sunscreen, yay!
this may have happened when I was younger, I don’t remember for sure, but I haven’t had a sunburn in over 20, 26 years so I don’t know.
Avoid sun exposure as much as possible due to another med I take. I have found that heat tends to raise my BG, but I have had it drop also though much less frequently
I do not allow myself to get sunburned.
I try not to get sunburned, but any time I’m out in the heat it makes it hard to control my BGs.
Haven’t noticed if sunburns affect my BGs. If I do get a burn that usually means I’ve been outside and active, which makes me trend low. Interesting that many are saying their BGs climb with heat. I’ll have to pay more attention to that too.
Curiosity got the best of me..Found this article that touches on how heat & sunburn can increase BGs:
https://diabetesstrong.com/diabetes-heat/
Well hear it goes if I get sunburned it’s considered pain when I have serious pain my glucose numbers go high but in reality I’m actually low. it’s happened before my number were 485 I boluses for the high and 2 hours later I passed out my husband called an ambulance by the time they got there my numbers were a 1 so when I’m in pain I don’t bolus anymore. So I try not to get sunburned .
I have avoided sunburn for so long I cannot remember