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How to handle surgery and glucose level?
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Stress makes sugar ↑: If you have diabetes, you need to discuss the details with the physician leading your diabetes care. There are protocols for how to adjust medication before surgery when you can't eat or drink. In the or, anesthesiologists are well-versed in caring for patients with diabetes. Blood sugar ↑ because of the stress of surgery, and may remain that way for awhile depending on what is going on with you.
Answered 8/21/2012
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