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Why do stress and infection promote hyperglycemia in patients with diabetes?
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Diabetes: Stress and infection cause hyperglycemia in everyone. However, since diabetics can't regulate their blood sugar, these events cause a much higher spike in diabetics.
Answered 10/30/2015
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