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My Sick Day Plan For Type 1 Diabetes On Mdi

My sick day plan for Type 1 Diabetes on MDI

Important telephone numbers

Diabetes Clinic:

Nurse Practitioner/Nurse:

My Sick Day Plan for

Registered Dietitian:

Type 1 Diabetes on Multiple Daily

Endocrinologist:

Injections (MDI)

Call your health care provider if you need help or have questions

or concerns.

When you are sick, your blood sugar

levels may be harder to keep under

control. Your blood sugar may go

too high or too low.

Notes:

Use this guide to help prevent Diabetic

Ketoacidosis (DKA).

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Be prepared before you get sick.

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When should I see my health care provider or go

to an Emergency Department?

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You may need to see your health care provider or go to the emergency

department if you:

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 vomit 2 times or more in a 12 hour period

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 have stomach pain and nausea that will not go away

 have diarrhea that does not stop or is getting worse

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 have a high fever (greater than 38

C or 100.4

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 have a cold, infection or flu that is getting worse

‘My Sick Day Plan for Type 1 Diabetes on MDI’ is used

 find your blood sugar or ketones are not decreasing after taking

with permission from Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton Ontario.

two correction doses of insulin

PD 8882 (01-2015) File: peyles

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My Sick Day Plan For Type 1 Diabetes On Mdi