Has anyone taken their glucose test with a cold?

smilingjb · February 2011

Just wondering if I should still go in tomorrow? I have a horrible cold, but think this is imporant to still make it to my appt!

TIA

susanlovestexas · February 2011

A cold shouldn't affect how your body processes glucose at all. You may not feel like going, but the test results should be fine if you do.

tokenhoser · February 2011

susanlovestexas:
A cold shouldn't affect how your body processes glucose at all. You may not feel like going, but the test results should be fine if you do.

Ditto. I can't see how it would make a difference, aside from you feeling extra crappy.

miesl · February 2011

I would reschedule. Active infections screw with the results.

https://diabetes.webmd.com/guide/oral-glucose-tolerance-test

Eros · February 2011

(Nurse here) It depends how bad your cold is and what exactly is going on. Personally, if you are feeling pretty ill, I would absolutely reschedule. Infections and stress states in your body can drastically affect your blood glucose control. I work in an ICU so it's more extreme, but tons of my patients (who are diabetics) end up on insulin during their ICU stay because their disease/surgery/trauma has stressed their body's ability to regulate glucose properly.

You may fail if you are sick and took it this week, than if you just wait a week. Of course, insulin secretion is not affected in everyone during times of illness, but it could alter your results. If you want to be sure of your results...just reschedule for a week later.

kelklump · February 2011

Mine is in a few hours and I can say I have a terrible cold. They told me it wont make a difference (in fact the doc said it might help the drink not taste so bad.)

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