Wellness Wednesday: Steroid-Induced Diabetes
Steroid-induced diabetes occurs when blood sugar levels rise unexpectedly in response to the use of steroids. In both steroid-induced diabetes and type 2 diabetes, your cells do not respond to insulin.
When people with diabetes have too much cortisol in their system, their fat and muscle cells become less responsive to insulin. Before deciding on a treatment, it’s important for a healthcare professional to check your health and your potential for high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) and insulin resistance. For some people, it might be possible to treat steroid-induced diabetes with just diet and physical activity, but others may need oral diabetes medications or insulin.
A person's environment and genes can both affect the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
You may be more likely to get type 2 diabetes after taking steroids long-term if you:
🔹have close family members with type 2 diabetes
🔹have overweight
🔹developed diabetes during pregnancy (gestational diabetes)
🔹have polycystic ovary syndrome
🔹are 40 years or older and white
🔹are 25 years or older and are of South Asian, African-Caribbean, or Middle Eastern descent
Symptoms of steroid-induced diabetes are similar to those of type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes. In some cases, symptoms of steroid-induced diabetes are not noticeable until blood sugar is significantly high.
Source: Healthline
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