5 Diabetes Travel Tips

Arrange a planning at the time when you travel can detract stress.  This is very substantial for a diabetic.  These five diabetes travel tips are simple to implement and essential to your diabetic management.  They are particularly important if you are traveling abroad.

1)  Have a pre-travel check-up.  Make sure your A1C blood sugar levels; your blood pressure and your cholesterol levels are OK.  Get the appropriate shots for any country you plan to visit.

2)  Wear a diabetes medical ID.  Ideally it should be in the language spoken in the country you're visiting.  Not everyone speaks your language and you don't want medical problems through misunderstandings.

3)  Keep your medicament and glucose noshes in your hand-bag.  Check-in baggage does, unfortunately, go astray. Don't risk your diabetes medicament by inserting it in your main luggage.

4)  Save your medicament in its original box, don’t forget to complete its with pharmacy labels.  It will avoid misunderstandings about why you are carrying drugs and, if you are on insulin, syringes.

5)  Be sensible of time zone changes, mainly when changing your watch.  Keep in mind when you travel east your day becomes shorter; if you travel west your day will be longer.  You may need to change the timings of your medication.

Traveling need not be traumatic.  A sensible attitude and a bit of pre-travel planning can make things go far more smoothly.