What is considered a normal blood sugar level?

Normal blood sugar is between 64 to 110 mg/dL. However, "normal limits" is deceptive. Some people feel perfectly fine at 65 mg/dL...and some people pass out. However, if you have a glucose test, these are the limits they are using to judge the results.

Thanks M X 2..so I imagine that 1700 is a bit high.

in 9 years of nursing, I have never heard of a blood sugar of 1700, I can't imagine a sugar that high would support life at all.

The highest I have witnessed was 700, and that was in an ICU situation.

That's the number quoted to me. Went into diabetic shock, renal failure, and cardiac arrest. Still hanging on though. This is appropos of my prayer request thread.

Well that would be consistant with that kind of blood sugar. No wonder he is so ill.

He continues to be in my prayers.

I can't imagine blood sugars that high. That poor guy. I've seen patients with sugars up to 500, and they were suffering. He's in my prayers, too Juan.