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1. Diabetic patients generally tolerate travel without difficulty.
2. One should wear a medical alert bracelet.
3. Preflight planning is important to ensure ready access to simple sugars and insulin, and to adjust insulin dosing schedules.
4. As a general rule, when traveling east the day is shortened and less insulin may be needed; when traveling west the day is lengthened and more insulin may be needed.
5. Insulin will denature if exposed to extreme cold and should not be checked.
6. As per American Diabetes Association, unrefrigerated insulin remains usable for up to one month if kept at temperatures below 30ºC (86ºF).
1. Diabetic patients generally tolerate travel without difficulty.
2. One should wear a medical alert bracelet.
3. Preflight planning is important to ensure ready access to simple sugars and insulin, and to adjust insulin dosing schedules.
4. As a general rule, when traveling east the day is shortened and less insulin may be needed; when traveling west the day is lengthened and more insulin may be needed.
5. Insulin will denature if exposed to extreme cold and should not be checked.
6. As per American Diabetes Association, unrefrigerated insulin remains usable for up to one month if kept at temperatures below 30ºC (86ºF).
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