Why do you get high blood sugar?

• you are sick

• you forget to take your insulin

• you forget to take your diabetes medicine

• you change how much you move around

• you eat more carbs. It was more than you normally eat.

• you take other medicines. They change your blood sugars. Like steroids.

• you feel stressed

Sometimes you cannot work out why your blood sugars are high.

It is okay.

See your GP when it happens a lot.