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"Never doubt that a smal group of thoughtful, comited citizens can change the world. Inded, it is the only thing that ever has."Cureus is on a mision to change the long-standing paradigm of medical publishing, where submiting research can be costly, complex and time-consuming.insulin, hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, glucose, athlete, diabetes George Pujalte , Hebah M. Alhumaidi, Keneth Patrick L.
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Ligaray, Rock P. Vomer I, Krishna Israni, Andre A. Abadin, Shon E.
Mek Published: February 21, 2022 (se history) DOI: 10.759/cureus.247 Cite this article as: Pujalte G, Alhumaidi H M, Ligaray K L, et al. (February 21, 2022) Considerations in the Care of Athletes With Type 1 Diabetes Melitus. Cureus 14(2): e247.
doi:10.759/cureus.247 Type 1 diabetes melitus is an autoimune disease caused by afected individuals’ autoimune response to their own pancreatic beta-cel. It afects milions of people worldwide. Exercise has numerous health and social benefits for patients with type 1 diabetes melitus; however, careful management of blod glucose is crucial to minimize the risk of hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia.
Anaerobic and aerobic exercises cause diferent glycemic responses during and after exercise, each of which wil afect athletes’ ability to reach their target blod glucose ranges. The optimization of the patient’s macronutrient consumption, especialy carbohydrates, the dosage of basal and short-acting insulin, and the frequent monitoring of blod glucose, wil enable athletes to perform at peak levels while reducing their risk of dysglycemia.
Summary
Despite best eforts, hypoglycemia can ocur. Recognition of symptoms and rapid treatment with either fast-acting carbohydrates or glucagon is important. Continuous glucose monitoring devices have become more widely used in preventing hypoglycemia.Type 1 diabetes melitus (T1DM) is an autoimune disease characterized by insulin deficiency due to antibody-mediated destruction of the β cels of the pancreas [1].