Important tips for diabetics during Ramadan

Fasting brings about a pattern and behavioral change in a person's life.

This may affect many who suffer from chronic diseases, especially diabetics, who suffer trouble as a result of their fasting;

Therefore, patients with diabetes should consult their physician, and in general, patients with type 1 diabetes, who depend on insulin in their treatment, who have trouble blood sugar levels, and who are at risk of developing ketoacidosis, they are often advised not to fast, and to take the legitimate license to say Almighty: (And whoever is sick or on a journey, then a number of other days).

As for patients with type 2 diabetes who depend for their treatment on diet or diabetes-reducing pills, fasting is beneficial for them if the attending physician does not tell them not to fast.

According to what the Saudi Ministry of Health stated on its website, quoting Dr. Iman Shesha, a consultant in internal medicine and endocrinology, a diabetic patient must change the number of meals during the month of Ramadan;

As the number of meals on normal days is 3 main meals, interspersed with 3 snacks, but in the holy month of Ramadan, the number of meals is two, and sometimes a light meal is interspersed, and then the treatment must be changed to follow the change in food, which also requires a change The components of meals during the month of Ramadan, by avoiding dates, which take a clear space on the breakfast table, as well as juices of all kinds, and fried foods, especially samosas of all kinds, in addition to various sweets rich in fats and starches.

Diabetics should consult their physician regarding the treatment regimen;

Because not consulting exposes the patient to a severe drop or rise in blood sugar during the month of Ramadan, and for diabetics who are treated with tablets, they should review with their doctor to ensure the extent of their ability to fast. As for diabetics who are treated with insulin, they must consult a doctor to take the dose before breakfast For those who use two or more doses of insulin, they should consult their doctor to allow them to fast if possible, and to regulate their insulin doses with meals.

Vigorous motor activity during the fasting period may cause a drop in blood sugar, and it is recommended when feeling the symptoms of hypoglycemia, which are (tremor, cold feeling, sweating, dizziness, sugar level less than 60 mg, or sugar level 70 mg at the beginning of the day). ), for a diabetic patient to break his fast immediately, as well as when the patient feels symptoms of high blood sugar (extreme urination, thirst, dehydration, sugar more than 300 mg), he must break the fast immediately, and contact the treating doctor to take advice.

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