Saturday, November 7, 2009

5 Diabetes Travel Tips

Planning ahead when you travel decreases stress.

These five diabetes traveling tips are straightforward to carry out and vital to your diabetic management. Confirm your A1C blood sugar levels, your blood pressure and your cholesterol levels are OK. Get the suitable shots for any country you intend to visit. Two ) Wear a diabetes medical ID. Ideally it should be in the language spoken in the country you are visiting. Not everybody speaks your language and you do not want medical issues through misunderstandings. Three ) Keep your medicine and glucose nibbles in your hand-luggage. Check-in bag does, sadly, go astray. Four ) Keep your medicine in its original box, complete with drugstore labels. It'll forestall misunderstandings about why you are carrying drugs and, if you're on insulin, syringes. 5 ) be conscious of time area changes, particularly when changing your watch. Remember when you travel east your day becomes shorter, if you travel west your day becomes longer. Traveling needn't be dire. A reasonable perspective and a little bit of pre-travel planning can make things go much more smoothly.

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