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• Sugar free medicine for fever, cough, congestion, nausea and vomiting.

• Extra blood glucose and ketone strips.

• Glucagon emergency kit in case of severe hypoglycemia. This can be used if you cannot eat or are

unconscious.

Caring for your diabetes when you are sick is worthwhile and can be a challenge. If you are too sick to watch

your diabetes carefully, ask a friend or family member to help. If there is no one to help you, ask your

healthcare professional for help.

Nutrition

Good nutrition and making healthy choices are important for everyone. Additionally, for those with diabetes,

it is more important to know the nutrient content in food, and how the nutrients affect blood glucose.

Carbohydrates have the most effect on blood glucose, notably within a few hours of being eaten. Counting

carbohydrates allows you to match your insulin dose to the food you are eating. This is your insulin to

carbohydrate ratio. Although fat and protein can affect your blood glucose when eaten in large amounts,

carbohydrates affect blood glucose the most.

Consult with your healthcare professional for your personal nutritional guidelines.

Carbohydrate counting

With insulin pump therapy, you must take a bolus for the carbohydrates you eat. You need to count the

carbohydrates you plan to eat to see how much insulin to take.

There are two basic methods to count carbohydrates, and in truth, they are very much alike. Many people

use parts of both of the two methods.

Carbohydrate gram counting

With this method, you add up the exact number of grams of carbohydrate in each meal. Food labels, food

list and meal planning books are great tools for carbohydrate gram counting.

Carbohydrate exchange system

This method uses food groups called exchange groups. One exchange with carbohydrate has about 15 grams

of carbohydrate.

1 bread exchange

1 fruit exchange 1 milk exchange

15 grams carbohydrate 15 grams carbohydrate 12 to 15 grams carbohydrate

Introduction to pump therapy

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