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Can I take my insulin pump into a steam bath?
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All diabetics should know that the insulin pump should not be taken into the sauna. The temperatures in there would destroy the insulin within a few minutes. The pump also should not be taken into a steam bath. Here as well temperatures over 40 °C can be reached which would lessen the effect of the insulin. It is not advisable to take the pump off the catheter and leave the needle in the body: the 1 or to 2 units of insulin remaining in the catheter too will loose their efficacy. Furthermore the increased transpiration can lead to the loosening of the band-aid. Please be very careful about this. If you take off pump and catheter and only inject the basal rate, please be aware that the increased skin perfusion leads to a rapid effect of the insulin. You should better take some dextrose with you.
Last but not least, do not take your blood glucose metre with you. It is not very heat-resistant.
Summary: If you separate the pump from the catheter and go to the sauna with the needle in your body, be aware that the remaining units of insulin have no efficiency. After putting your pump and catheter together again you need to inject appropriately more insulin.
Moreover, the stay in a sauna or a steam bath means more transpiration which might lead to the loosening of the band-aid. To avoid this, take the basal rate and take of both catheter and pump. Take with you a sufficient amount of dextrose and wait until your skin has cooled down before you put on a new catheter.
And a third point: Do not take your blood glucose meter into a sauna or steam bath.
Translated by Jella Eifler
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