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Could Itching In Chest Be Related To Sugar Levels?

I m suffering frm blood pressure frm 1 yr , im taking metocard xl50 2 tyms and clonazep o.5 2 tyms, zosert 50 in night one tym , ans recently sugar was diagnosed in hba1c test , doctor said im in the verge of getting diabetes they started the low dose medicine for diabetes and they told me to loose weightand im developing a itching in chest sometimes is it related to sugar???? And yah my age is jst 20 yrs
Thu, 25 Sep 2014
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Hello there,
I can understand your concern. You are very young and having high blood pressure. This raises concern about the cause of your hypertension. I hope that doctors have evaluated for any secondary cause for your hypertension by getting ultrasound and relevant blood tests. If your HbA1c was between 5.7-6.4% then you are prediabetic and may need to make some changes to your diet and include exercise to lose weight if your BMI is high. Itching over your chest could be due to fungal infection if sugars are very high. However it needs to be examined to know the exact cause. High sugars could cause this fungal infection and lead to itching. Take your medicines on time as prescribed by your physician and do visit your diabetologist to get an examination to find the cause of your itching.
If you continue a disciplined lifestyle your sugars can be controlled without medicines if it is only because of overweight.
Hope this helps.
Take care.
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Could Itching In Chest Be Related To Sugar Levels?

Hello there, I can understand your concern. You are very young and having high blood pressure. This raises concern about the cause of your hypertension. I hope that doctors have evaluated for any secondary cause for your hypertension by getting ultrasound and relevant blood tests. If your HbA1c was between 5.7-6.4% then you are prediabetic and may need to make some changes to your diet and include exercise to lose weight if your BMI is high. Itching over your chest could be due to fungal infection if sugars are very high. However it needs to be examined to know the exact cause. High sugars could cause this fungal infection and lead to itching. Take your medicines on time as prescribed by your physician and do visit your diabetologist to get an examination to find the cause of your itching. If you continue a disciplined lifestyle your sugars can be controlled without medicines if it is only because of overweight. Hope this helps. Take care.