What should diabetics pay attention to when flying?

Precautions for diabetics when taking an airplane:

1. Choose the location of the aisle: When booking seats, diabetics should choose the seats by the aisle. Because flying for hours on end increases the risk of blood clots, people with diabetes should move around more.

2. Diabetic patients should avoid rushing to board the plane. Rushing and pre-flight stress can cause blood sugar to rise. Domestic flights generally need to arrive at the airport 90 minutes in advance, and international flights generally take at least 2 hours.

For this reason, diabetics should allow enough time to board the plane calmly.

3. Test blood sugar before flying: Measure your blood sugar level before taking the flight, and use hypoglycemic drugs regularly as required to keep your blood sugar at a normal level and avoid accidents. You can also take anti-motion sickness and antiemetic medication before boarding to avoid motion sickness.

4. Bring your own meals and snacks: The meals or snacks provided by airlines may not be suitable for diabetic patients, so it is best for diabetics to bring their own suitable food when taking a plane and put it in a carry-on bag to avoid excessive fluctuations in blood sugar due to improper food intake. And because flights can sometimes be delayed or delayed, having a snack on hand can prevent hypoglycemia.

Diabetics should not sit for a long time when taking an airplane, so it is recommended to book a seat next to the aisle of the plane and get up and walk around every hour or so; Regular meals or snacks provided by airlines are generally not suitable for diabetics, so diabetics are advised to pre-order diabetic meals. If you need to make a reservation, please let us know in advance when purchasing your ticket.

Diabetics must ensure their physical condition before taking the plane and ensure sleep the day before the flight. If you have recently had ketoacidosis, or cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases caused by diabetes, you should try to avoid taking a plane, because the plane is very stressful on all aspects of our body during take-off and landing, so it is necessary to avoid taking a plane to prevent accidents. Patients who have had airsickness can take anti-motion sickness and antiemetic drugs to avoid airsickness before boarding.

If it is a long-distance flight, you can eat properly for more than 3 hours to supplement the energy consumption caused by the flight load.

First, it is best to measure your blood sugar level before flying, and use hypoglycemic drugs regularly as required to keep your blood sugar at a normal level and avoid accidents. You can also take anti-motion sickness and antiemetic medication before boarding to avoid motion sickness.

Second, in terms of diet, diabetics should bring their own meals and snacks on the plane. Meals or snacks provided by airlines may not be suitable for diabetics. When people with diabetes fly, it's a good idea to bring the right food and put it in a carry-on bag to keep their blood sugar levels under control.

Third, you must pay attention to drinking more water on the plane, and it is best to drink mineral water every hour to avoid the occurrence of water shortage. You can reduce your food intake appropriately to avoid abnormal fluctuations in blood sugar.

If you are flying for more than 3 hours, you should eat properly to withstand the energy consumption caused by the flight load.

Fourth, in terms of seating selection, it is best for diabetics to book aisle seats. Flying for hours increases the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and leg thrombosis. Diabetics should move around more, and it is best to book aisle seats.

Once on board, diabetics can request to switch to an economy class exit row seat with a relatively large space if possible in order to stretch their legs better.

Fifth, it is best for diabetics to do "foot exercises" every half an hour on the plane: Diabetics should do "foot exercises" every half an hour on the plane.

When you travel by plane, pack insulin and other hypoglycemic medications in your carry-on bag instead of storing them. It is easy to lose your luggage.

and when the temperature is too low in the air, it can affect the efficacy of insulin or other drugs. You're actually bringing more than you think you'll need. Carry a blood glucose meter and rechargeable batteries with you.

Carry enough blood glucose test strips to check your blood sugar every 4 6 hours, even if you don't monitor so many times at home, when you travel.

Try to eat your own food on the plane. You should also bring glucose tablets or other glucose-lowering medications. If you buy food while traveling, wait until the food is actually in front of you before you get a mealtime insulin injection. Because you may wait in line for a long time.

It's okay to drink plenty of water, but don't drink alcohol. Because alcohol can cause unpredictable hypoglycemia. This way you can be sensitive enough to your blood sugar levels.

In fact, taking a plane is a more troublesome thing, although it is convenient but there are a lot of things that need to be paid attention to, especially for people who are not in good health, or older people, it is more important to pay attention to, so, today, I will tell you what this diabetic needs to pay attention to when taking a plane!

What to pay attention to when flying with diabetes

1.If your blood sugar is not well controlled, it is best to cancel the flight for the time being.

Recent acute complications such as ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar coma, or complicated by coronary heart disease, cardiac autonomic neuropathy, arrhythmia, renal failure, hyperthyroidism and other diseases, as well as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular accidents in the recovery period of surgery, are not suitable for flying.

3.In the first few days of the flight, it is best to adjust your body to a good state, get enough rest, and maintain strong energy and physical strength.

Have enough insulin or oral glucose-lowering medications, and if you use an insulin pen, have enough refills, needles, and sterilizers. Patients who are able to prepare blood glucose meters, blood glucose test strips and blood glucose record books.

5.If you need to carry an insulin pump, it is best to ask the doctor to issue a medical certificate so that the security check is not hassle-free.

All medicines and instruments should be placed in a small bag and should not be checked in, firstly, to prevent the loss of baggage and the inability to use medicines, and secondly, to prevent insulin denaturation due to the low temperature of the consignment compartment. Insulin should be avoided from being too cold, too hot, or repeated**, and it is best to carry an incubator with you at all times.

7.Avoid rushing to board. Rushing and pre-flight stress can lead to an increase in blood sugar, so diabetics should allow enough time to board the plane calmly.

8.Anti-motion sickness and antiemetic drugs can be taken appropriately before boarding to avoid motion sickness.

9.On the plane, you can reduce your food intake to avoid abnormal blood sugar fluctuations, but pay attention to drinking plenty of water, because dehydration can lead to headaches and even elevated blood sugar.

10.If it is a long-distance (more than 3 hours) flight, you can eat appropriately to supplement the energy consumption during the flight.

11.During the flight, don't forget to measure your blood sugar and take hypoglycemic medications on time to keep your blood sugar within the normal range and avoid accidents.

Well, about the precautions for diabetics to take the plane, I have helped you understand a little, tomorrow is the eleventh holiday, I hope you have this worry to prepare some things that need to be regretted!

You can bring your own food, or order a special meal when booking a ticket, after all, diabetics still need to pay more attention to their diet, of course, diabetes is still treated as much as possible, and Duomu Health has cooperated with many good hospitals in Japan.

Diabetics should not sit for a long time when taking an airplane, so it is recommended to book a seat next to the aisle of the plane and get up and walk around every hour or so; Regular meals or snacks provided by airlines are generally not suitable for diabetics, so diabetics are advised to pre-order diabetic meals. If you need to make a reservation, please let us know in advance when purchasing your ticket.

Generally, diabetics have no problem taking a plane, and the longest flight for domestic travel is about 6 hours!

Considering that diabetics may need to inject insulin on the way, coupled with the foreseeable security problems of air transportation, if you want to fly across the ocean for more than 10 hours, it is best to ask the doctor to prescribe long-acting or extra-long-acting insulin, and inject insulin before entering the airport quarantine area to prevent accidents on the road.

Of course, if there are serious complications of diabetes, then ask a specialist for advice and negotiate with the airline to solve the problem.

If the condition allows, the condition is relatively stable, and there are generally no major restrictions.

When the elderly and heart patients travel, as long as the general condition is good, there is no obvious impairment of heart function, and there is no aura of cardiac emergency, it is completely possible to take a plane, and should try to choose to take a plane when traveling long distances, but it must be noted that only large and medium-sized passenger planes can be chosen, and never small passenger planes. Large and medium-sized aircraft have spacious cabins, comfortable seats, smooth flight, low noise, and light take-off and landing. For the elderly and heart patients, the shortened flight time reduces the fatigue and discomfort of the journey, thus reducing the trigger for heart attacks.

Therefore, it is best for the elderly and people with heart disease to travel by plane, but not by small passenger planes.

However, please note that the following situations occur:

1. For patients with heart disease, hypertension and extreme weakness, the effect of atmospheric pressure changes will be more obvious, especially the appearance of symptoms such as increased blood pressure, decreased cardiac output, and dyspnea, which are more likely to cause serious consequences and even life-threatening. According to statistics, 3.1 million passengers died of acute heart disease during flights. People with cardiovascular diseases are prone to congestive heart failure, myocardial ischemia, pulmonary hypertension and concurrent hypertension when traveling by air.

Therefore, people with such a history should consult a doctor before boarding to determine whether they can fly.

2. Patients with cardiovascular diseases. Due to mild hypoxia in the air, cardiovascular patients may have old diseases** or aggravate their condition, especially patients with cardiac insufficiency, myocardial hypoxia, myocardial infarction and severe hypertension, and are generally considered unsuitable for flying.

3. Cerebrovascular patients. For example, patients with cerebral embolism, cerebral hemorrhage, and brain tumors can aggravate their condition due to the roar, vibration and lack of oxygen from taking off and landing, and they are prohibited from taking flights.

Yes, but you must lower your blood pressure to normal when you fly, and you will feel swollen when you fly.

It's okay with diabetes, that's it High blood pressure, oops, take medicine, talk to the flight attendant. Find a place to lie down, it's okay. Let's lower your blood pressure, it's okay for a short time, but it's very uncomfortable for a long time.

Precautions for diabetics when taking an airplane are:

1. Carry good hypoglycemic drugs with you, because these are to be used on time.

2. Bring some candy and biscuits with you to prevent hypoglycemia attacks.

3. If the flight time is long, you should often move your lower limbs, tremble for about half an hour, and walk around to prevent venous thrombosis.

4. Move the feet more, promote blood circulation, and prevent sugar balls, hand and urine disease, etc. Potato fingers.

Diabetic patients mainly look at blood sugar control, and if blood sugar control is ideal, they can fly.

Diabetic patients can not take a plane if their blood sugar control is not stable, their blood sugar is very high, they may have diabetic ketoacidosis or coma, and there is no active elimination measure on the plane.