Hello we are going to talk about coronavirus and diabetes
today I know you guys with diabetes are wondering what to do with this corona
virus and we are going to talk about what coronavirus is and how to avoid
getting coronavirus and if you do get a corona really what you should do you
as a diabetic??
Now first a diabetic you are really at high risk for coronavirus so basically what you need to do is stay away from the public areas that you
have close contact with people moreover if you are and shaking hands try not to
but if you do make sure you have frequent hand-washing the handwashing techniques
are very important as well if you are just washing the palm of your hand and
you are avoiding the back of your hand that may be a problem. So try to pay
attention to wash your hands thoroughly and try to disinfect the areas that
other people may be touching especially in metro areas where there's a lot of
traffic and try to keep a distance from other people who especially may have
signs of sickness so if you can try to keep your personal hygiene and trying to
keep yourself away from people especially people that you do not know that may
be a good step to start coronavirus can be contagious even when patients are
asymptomatic and then you may end up getting symptoms 2 to 14 days after
exposure.
So what do you do really after you get a coronavirus so
hopefully, you never get it by avoiding the problem however if you do get it you
need to first of all self-quarantine yourself make sure that you do not go to
work make sure that you do not go outside of your house unless it's absolutely
necessary make sure you wear a mask so you do not actually get the virus from other
people and tight-fitting masks are generally more helpful but keep in mind that
contact can also happen through the eyes as well so you have to pay attention
to wear some eye protection.
You need to wear a mask and eye protection just not to try
to get protected from the disease but if you have it you should wear it so that
you do not infect other people.
But also it is more recommended to stay isolated so you do
not really have any contact with other people again this disease spreads very
quickly.
It tends to affect people with chronic conditions like diabetes
there's are the result if you have diabetes you may be at high risk of getting the
disease and God forbid dying from the disease.
Now if you have travel plans I would recommend to postpone
those plans at least until this problem goes away it may not happen in the next
few months so maybe delay your travel plans for at least around six months or
so to be on the safe side especially if you're going for a cruise if you are
traveling by airplane you should definitely help your plans in terms of driving
around I think you're still safe however I would not go to areas that you do
not know about the coronavirus situation and I would definitely do not go into
public places where a lot of people cluster together since you cannot really
avoid staying away from people coughing and sneezing and so forth the symptoms
are generally coughing it could be fever and if you have a fever you will
really feel rundown and it's gonna feel like flu and the symptoms of coronavirus actually are worse than the flu and the death rate is more than the flu so
as a result, if you feel like you are having any sort of cold symptoms due you
don't have to have a fever I think you should isolate yourself get tested if
you can get tested for a corner virus it becomes more available but I think
as a patient with diabetes, your priority is to avoid getting a disease and if
you do have a disease make sure you stay at home hydrate yourself make sure you
rest it try not to work and then if your symptoms get worse you start getting shortness
of breath and productive cough and so forth you should definitely go to a
hospital if you are running a fever that's another indication for you to go to
the hospital these things can go to your lungs can turn into pneumonia and can
turn into septic shock and that's how these people tend to die from
coronavirus the people with diabetes and other chronic health conditions have
suppressed immune system and are more prone to be defeated to the coronavirus
so if you guys have any questions concerns please let us know and I hope you
can pass the season with no problems and don't panic just stay at home, pay
attention to your hygiene.
Stay away from other people with possible symptoms if
you know somebody who had coronavirus and you had a contact with it may not be
a bad idea at all to isolate yourself even if you're not symptomatic at that the time now also one more last thing if you have diabetes and you have corona
virus your body will start creating a stress response you may have a lot of
internal steroids running in your system or your doctor may prescribe steroids whatever
the reason it may be the stress in your body will cause high blood sugars for
type 1 diabetics that means that you need to monitor your blood Sugar's more
often monitor your ketones if your blood sugars are running high and stay
hydrated that's very important for patients with type 2 diabetes you still need
to monitor your blood sugars and if it's going high if you're on insulin with
type 2 diabetes you may want to use more insulin consult with your doctor to
see how much more insulin you may need again monitoring for ketones is
necessary for type 2 if the blood sugar is really high about 400-500 for type
1 diabetic it is above 250 blood sugar but for type 2 diabetics I think you
just start monitoring your ketones if it is more than 400 - 500 and you should
not be staying at 400 - 500 levels so please contact your endocrinologist or
diabetes specialist to make sure that your blood sugar is under control
immediately if you do not have a sliding scale insulin or any other medication
that can bring your blood sugars down very quickly then and if you are not
able to achieve your get your doctor on time. If you are on insulin in order to
control your blood sugars and not everybody responds the same if your appetite
goes down so much that you don't eat anything that may also cause low blood
sugars especially if you are on certain agents that can trigger a low blood
sugar so the bottom line is monitoring more often at least four or five times a
day will give you at least an idea about where here's where you're standing in
terms of your blood sugars again thank you for watching and I hope you can pass
the season with health and happiness.
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