糖尿病和流感

糖尿病患者感染流感後病情可能會很嚴重，並有出現併發症的風險。患病時血糖會升高。此外，疾病會對飲食造成影響，這也會進一步影響血糖。
You need two vaccines to be fully protected during the 2009-2010 flu season. Everyone with diabetes aged 6 months and older should get the H1N1 flu shot and the seasonal flu shot. Close household contacts and out-of-home caregivers of people with diabetes should also get the vaccines. People can receive both flu shots at the same time (see 施打地點定位工具).

For the 2010-2011 flu season, which begins in the fall of 2010, the seasonal flu vaccine will include protection against the 2009 H1N1 virus. That means that, barring some unforeseen circumstance, this fall, most Americans will be able to return to having one flu vaccine to protect them against the major circulating flu viruses. As is always the case with seasonal vaccine, younger children who have never had a seasonal vaccine will still need two doses.
肺炎是一種可能發生的流感併發症。因此，建議糖尿病患者也應接種肺炎疫苗，並納入糖尿病管理計畫中。

感染流感的糖尿病患者應遵循以下指導：

確保繼續服用糖尿病藥片或胰島素。即使不能進食也不要停止用藥。醫護人員可能會建議您在患病期間使用更多胰島素。

每四小時測一次血糖，並記錄結果。

多攝入液體（無卡路里），儘量正常飲食。如果不能，儘量攝入包含相當於正常飲食所含碳水化合物量的軟食和液體。

每天稱重。無端的體重減輕是高血糖的一個標誌。

如果糖尿病患者感染流感後出現以下任何症狀，應給醫護人員打電話或者去急診室就診：

感覺病情嚴重，不能進食的時間超過6 小時。

嚴重腹瀉。

體重減輕5 磅以上。

體溫超過101°F。

血糖低於60mg∕dL或始終高於300mg∕dL。

尿液中有一些或大量甲酮。