Tips for diabetes care while traveling

Traveling with diabetes is comfortable and safe as long as you plan carefully. Good planning includes taking to your health care provider and doing a little research before leaving, careful packing, and knowing about airport security.

What to do before leaving on your trip:

• Talk to your health care provider about your travel plans.
• If you’re on insulin, ask about getting a prescription for a glucagon kit.
• Make sure your immunizations, your immunization record and your written health record are up to date, especially if traveling abroad.
• Make sure that all medications you carry and all diabetes supplies have their prescription labels on them.
• If you use a daily or weekly medication reminder pack, take the original prescription labels with you.
• Refill any prescriptions that may expire during your travel.
• Keep your health insurance cared on you at all times. Review health insurance policy