Do diabetics have sugary interstitial fluid?

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Diabetics can have elevated glucose levels in their interstitial fluid, particularly when insulin is absent or ineffective, as seen in Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. Capillaries leak blood plasma, which contains glucose and nutrients, into the interstitial fluid, and this process does not involve reabsorption of glucose. Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs) track blood glucose levels from interstitial fluid, but there is a time lag of about 10 minutes compared to blood plasma. Therefore, high blood sugar levels correlate with high glucose concentrations in the interstitial fluid. Understanding this relationship is crucial for effective diabetes management.
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So my understanding is that capillaries leak out their blood plasma containing sugar and other nutrients insulin (when sugar present)near body cells, and this is what comprises interstitial fluid.
But what if no insulin is present (Type 1 diabetes) or insulin creates no response (Type 2 diabetes)?
Does the interstitial fluid just remain sugary since the glucose can't enter the cells?
My understanding is that capillaries only use diffusion as transport, so they can't reabsorb glucose from the interstitial fluid, right?
When someone has a "high blood sugar," does this also mean that interstitial fluid sugar concentration is also high...?

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Continues Glucose Monitors (CGM) used in people with diabetes to track their blood glucose levels every 5 minutes or so can be used to check their blood glucose from the interstitial fluid, obviously there is a time-lag between the blood that is directly from plasma and the interstitial fluid, of about 10 minutes. So to answer the question, yes interstitial fluid would contain high glucose if a person is diabetic and didn't main their glucose levels with insulin (Mainly T1) and (Oral Meds T2).

Blood flow rich in glucose from capillaries would leak into the interstitial fluid, when their glucose plasma is high, it will also mean their interstitial fluid is high in glucose too.
 
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