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48Basal-Bolus Insulin and Carbohydrate Counting
How do I help to prevent the risks?
Tips to drink alcohol safely:
• Follow your normal diabetes routine such as testing, taking insulin
or other medications and regular meals. This will help you keep
your blood sugars stable.
• Wear a bracelet showing you have diabetes and tell the people in
your life that you have diabetes. Let them know the symptoms of a
low blood sugar and what to do if it happens.
• Always carry:
• your glucometer and test your sugar, especially if you start to
feel the symptoms of low blood sugar.
• a source of simple carbohydrate with you (such as hard
candies, juice box, dextrose tablets) and tell people where it is.
• If you are going to drink alcohol, have it with food. Be sure to eat more
if you are active, such as dancing.
• Never take extra insulin for alcohol.
• Drink slowly - this will prevent alcohol build-up in your blood.
• Stretch drinks with mixers that do not contain carbohydrates such as
diet pop, water and soda water.
• Alternate alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.
• Limit your drinks to 1 or 2 at one time. Take no more than 14 drinks/week
for a man and 9 drinks/week for a woman.
• Test your blood sugar before going to bed. If it is low, eat a snack with
carbohydrate before you go to bed.
• When you wake up, follow your normal diabetes routine such as testing,
taking insulin or other medications and regular meals. Carry a source of
simple carbohydrate with you even after breakfast, because there is still
a risk of low blood sugar.
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