My dad is NOT diabetic, but he took cortisone via I.V (4000 mg in 5 days) then 20 pills of cortancyl 20 mg for 15 days. After that his glucose blood level ranges between 120-135. The glycosylated hemoglobin level is normal (5.3). Is there any relation between the cortisone and glucose elevation? Does he have to repeat the test? When?
any steroid will cause an elevation in blood glucose, the fact that his glycosylated hemoglobin is normal means that he is not diabetic and his blood sugars will normalize once he has been off the steroids for about 8 weeks.
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