User's Guide

Sick days
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Always take your insulin: DO NOT discontinue your basal
insulin rate. If you are not eating, you might not need to take
your meal time doses. Work with your health-care provider to
make a sick day plan.
If you have no appetite, try to replace the carbohydrate
portion of a meal with an equal amount of carbohydrates
from semi-solid foods or fluids.
Take your temperature because fever can cause you to
become dehydrated.
Sick Day Rules:
Drink fluids even if you are able to eat food.
Every hour, sip 8 ounces (240 ml) of sugar-free, caeine-free
drinks such as water, green tea, or black tea without milk or
sugar free soft drinks.
Every third hour, sip 8 ounces (240 ml) of broth, bouillon
(clear, thin soup), or canned clear soup to provide sodium
and other minerals your body needs.
Check your blood glucose every 2-4 hours when you are
sick, especially if you are vomiting. You should check your
blood glucose at least 4 times a day. Report high blood
glucose results to your Healthcare Provider. You might require
more insulin.
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