Materials received may be edited and used as space permits. Some cold sufferers may notice that as they sneeze, cough, and grope for relief, their blood sugars are unusually elevated.
Many decongestants contain ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, a cousin to adrenalin.
This tends to raise blood glucose levels. Take care, and remember to test your blood more frequently when you are ill. The recommendations apply to diabetics with more than one blocked artery and who take insulin or oral medication to lower blood sugar. The findings do not apply to heart patients without diabetes, whose death rate, at nine percent, was the same for both treatments. Night-time Hypo's Successful diabetes self management is a balancing act between medication, diet, exercise, and the unique nature of an individual's diabetes.