Does your sugar level increase in summer? Learn how to control diabetes in this season
If you have diabetes then summer season can be a challenging season for you. Learn how you can control your diabetes during this time.
If your insulin level or blood sugar level (Blood Sugar Level) is not controlled properly in the summer season, then diabetes patients are at the highest risk in this season. If your blood sugar is too high then it can be more serious in these summers. Depending on your activities, low blood sugar can also become a concern and not only this, diabetes can damage your sweat glands. Due to which you don't even sweat properly. All this is due to the increase in temperature in the outdoor weather. Rising temperatures can also damage your medications and testing equipment. So you have to keep your medicines safe with you. Before going out in the summer, it is important that you keep your blood sugar under control.
What do experts say?
Our expert Dr. Vinay Bhatt, General Medicine, Columbia Asia Hospital, Ghaziabad says that heat mostly affects your blood sugar level. How much it affects you depends on how hydrated you are, how active you are, and what you eat and drink. If you are sweating profusely then it may be because you are getting dehydrated and your blood glucose level is increasing. Due to this, you can urinate again and again due to which you will get more dehydration and your sugar level can also increase more. Your medicines can also break down on their own due to high temperatures, so keep them in a cool place.
How to control diabetes in summer?
1. Adjust insulin (Adjust Insulin Level)
Be sure to ask your doctor how you can adjust your insulin level before exercising so that it does not increase your sugar and glucose levels. Many doctors will give you these tips that how you can control your blood sugar level in summer.
2. Drink More Water
The main cause of blood sugar increase is dehydration and to avoid this you should drink more water so that your body can stay hydrated.
3. Keep checking the blood sugar level (Check Your Sugar)
The temperature outside in summer can increase or decrease your blood sugar, so it is a good idea to keep checking your sugar level frequently. You can try to control your diabetes only according to your sugar level.
4. Stop Getting Dehydrated
Keep a bottle of water or liquids with you that do not increase your sugar and if you are going out, drink a little water all the time so that you can avoid dehydration in diabetes.
5. Fix blood sugar (Keep Glucagon Kit)
In summer, not only your blood sugar (Blood Sugar) may increase but also decrease. Which in itself is a concern and for this you should always keep your glucose tablets with you.
6. Avoid Sunburn
If you stay in the sun too much, you may get sunburn and it may increase blood sugar, so protect yourself from sunburn.
7. Keep Healthy Snacks With You
If you want to control your sugar then some snacks can also replace your meal.
If you have diabetes, you have to make more efforts to protect yourself and your medicines during the summer season, so avoid going out too much.
