H1N1 Diabetes GuideH1N1 Diabetes GuideIf you have diabetes, take steps during flu season to reduce your risk of infection.

• If you cough or sneeze, cover your mouth and nose with a tissue. Then throw the tissue away.

• If you do not have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your elbow.

• Take your temperature if you feel like you may have a fever.

• Drink lots of calorie-free fluids.

• Keep taking your diabetes meds or insulin, as your doctor tells you to.

• Test your glucose every four hours and write down your results.

• Eat your normal diet. But, if you can’t, eat soups and soft foods that have the same amount of carbs on your food plan.

• Weigh each day.

• Call your doctor if you have:

– a fever – a cough – chills and fatigue

– a sore throat – vomiting – diarrhea

– body aches – a headache – a runny or stuffy nose

• Avoid close contact.

• If you can, stay away from crowds or crowded places.

• Wash your hands often with soap and water. When you don’t have soap and water, use an alcohol-based hand cleaner.

• Keep your hands away from your eyes, face or mouth.

Protect yourself and others

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H1N1 Diabetes GuideH1N1 Diabetes Guide

Copyright © 2009Pritchett & Hull Associates, Inc.

DO NOT DUPLICATE.

• Keep a record withyou of your:

– doctor’s contactinformation

– condition(s) andtreatment(s)

• Ask your doctor if youshould get the flu shot.

• Keep a 2 week supply of:

– alcohol wipes

– alcohol-based hand cleaner

– soups, soft foods and other liquids

– tissues

– your diabetes testing supplies

– your medicine

• Keep a medicine chartof all the meds youtake and share thiswith a loved one.

Be prepared

• have severe diarrhea

• lose 5 pounds or more in less than a week

• have a fever over 101°F (38.4°C)

• feel too sick to eat and can’t keepfood down for over 6 hours

• have a blood glucose readinglower than 60 mg/dL or over 300 mg/dL

• have moderate to large amountsof ketones in your urine

• have trouble breathing

• feel really sleepy or have trouble thinking

Get medical help right away if you:

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