Healthy Living: Diabetes Care during Sick Days
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Keywords

FY884
FCS8819
sick days
diabetes
aging
elderly
blood glucose
blood sugar

How to Cite

Hillan, Jennifer, Emily Minton, and Linda B. Bobroff. 2018. “Healthy Living: Diabetes Care During Sick Days: FCS8819/FY884, Rev. 2/2018”. EDIS 2018 (1). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fy884-2018.

Abstract

When you are sick, your blood glucose levels are harder to regulate. Being sick often causes blood glucose levels to rise, which can lead to serious health conditions. It is important to have a plan to manage your sick days so you are prepared ahead of time. This 3-page fact sheet is a major revision that provides information on the ways illness can affect blood glucose, suggestions for easy foods to have on hand, and a checklist to use when deciding whether a call to a doctor is in order. Written by Jennifer Hillan, Emily Minton, and Linda B. Bobroff, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, revised February 2018. 
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fy884

https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fy884-2018
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References

American Diabetes Association. (2017). When you're sick. Accessed on January 22, 2018. http://www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/treatment-and-care/whos-on-your-health-care-team/when-youre-sick.html

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