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Tips for wintersport
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This site giving advice concerning winter sports is temporarily thought for diabetic using a pump. Users of a pen can have a look at the main site with the topic diabetes & sport a long as there are no special articles for their cases.
·- As already mentioned, the frequent checking of the blood glucose is especially in case of the first trips very important. Resulting from this you will soon notice how far the basal rate should be reduced.
- · The emergency portion of carbohydrates should include fast BEs such as dextrose as well as so-called "sport-BEs".
- · As you know, what is special about winter sports is the snow and the ice. Therefore you should wear your insulin pump on your body. Various possibilities can easily be found. [More (German)]
- · Use only soft bags: No clipcase out of plastic.
- · Carrying the pump on the back can lead to serious injuries if you fall on the back.
- The blood glucose measuring appliance too cannot cope very low temperatures. Therefore you better should try it near to your body, too. But do not forget that you should always be able to reach it easily.
- · Chose a warm and wind-sheltered place to check your blood glucose.
- · The reduced basal rate should be kept some hours after the trip. If later you want to do some "après ski" the basal rate should stay reduced over night just to avoid hypoglycaemia.
source: Diabetes Live 4/2004, S.14
Translated by Jella Eifler |
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