 [ Symptoms ] can being in severe pain cause sugar glucose levels to rise to higher than normal levels  my husband was in pain from a nail stabbing him in the foot a couple of weeks ago his sugar was checked and found it to be unusually high at 402 he is a type 2 diabetic and we have never seen his sugar this high before and he had been taking his medicine when he was supposed to he was given a shot of incillin to bring his sugar back down [ Disease ] many things put people at risk of osteoporosis the following people have a higher chance of getting osteoporosis women who are going through or who are past menopause men who are elderly people who are white caucasian or oriental asian are thin have family member with osteoporosis do not get enough calcium or vitamin d do not exercise smoke drink alcohol often take bone thinning medicines like prednisone or other corticosteroids for a long time