Sport and diabetes
Posted on July 24, 2008
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Practicing a sport is to have a good condition physically, psychologically flourish but also to prevent cardiovascular disease, hypertension, the onset of cancer, his master stress, maintain a weight of form or afford not resume kilos after a regime…
The sport also has a preventive and curative diabetes because of its glucose-lowering effect: the determination of blood sugar before the start of a sport and 1 to 2 hours after an effort of 30 minutes, shows a significant drop blood sugar.
Practicing physical activity represents a real treatment of a type II diabetes, as important as the dietary rules and medicines
Doing regular physical activity is essential in the treatment of diabetes.
Gary Hall, sporting high-level American, suffering from diabetes has won several medals at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
Limit inactivity
Amend foremost its daily habits in order to increase muscle activity
Mount floor by the stairs
Move to walk or bicycle rather than drive
Get off at the bus stop or subway precedent that provided
Gardening
Walk…
: Before you start a sporting activity, it is essential to consult his diabetologist who will advise the adaptation of prescribed treatment (drugs or insulin injections), and advise in the vast majority of situations to make an assessment cardio-vascular, Ophthalmic balance, a balance podologique…
The advice before a sporting activity
Start gradually starting or resuming a sport must be moderately
A sporting activity allows moderate to speak during the year
S’echauffer before the year: the activity should begin and end with 5 to 10 minutes warm -
Drinking enough
Do not make sport alone
Always 3 sugars on itself permanently
Choose a sport readily achievable
Choose a sport you love
The activity must be steady throughout the week: the repetition of several meetings per week is essential
Check blood sugar in the blood regularly
The exercises recommended
Walking
The bicycle
Swimming
Rhythm advised: every two days
Choose between:
30 minutes of jogging with suée
2-hour walk
1 hour bike
Always consult their doctor before starting a sporting activity
It is imperative that you consult her doctor before starting or resuming the sport.
The consultation can:
Choosing the sport best suited to their condition
To determine the pace and intensity of sport
Preventing the emergence of episodes of hypoglycemia
Consider the need to conduct a test effort
Knowing precautions
Check if there is no contrindication with other prescribed medicines
Prescribing a FO (background eye), almost systematically review requested
Knowing the dangerous sports against indicated such as parachuting and mountaineering
Provide a review of feet from a chiropodist
To keep a book self-monitoring: to control blood sugar, dietary differences, noted the onset of malaise
Know adjust the dose of insulin to inject following the intensity of effort
Efforts by several hours scheduled (hiking, walking, cycling…) causing a glucose-lowering effect from 24 to 48 hours
Efforts intense but brief, lasting less than 2 hours
For Insulin-dependent diabetics: control blood sugar regularly before, during and after the effort to adjust the dose of insulin
: A systematic monitoring of blood glucose and perfect foot hygiene are essential.
Recognize the signs of hypoglycemia which may occur during or several hours later
: A person aged 50 years and / or who smokes and has two other risk factors (hypertension, albuminuria, cardio-vascular history, obesity) is conducting a stress test or a scan.
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