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If you have diabetes, traveling requires extra planning. Changes in meals, activity levels, and time zones can affect your blood glucose (sugar) levels. What can I do to plan ahead for a long journey or if I’m traveling by airplane? Your diabetes shouldn’t stop you from traveling...

An illness, injury or surgery can impact your diabetes management. When you are not feeling well your blood glucose (sugar) may fluctuate and be unpredictable. It is important to pay special attention to nutrition, medication and testing your blood glucose levels every 2-4 hours...

When you have diabetes, you may have high blood glucose (sugar) levels (hyperglycemia) or low blood glucose levels (hypoglycemia) from time to time. What is high blood glucose? High blood glucose, or hyperglycemia, occurs when the amount of glucose in your blood has increased...