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[Is scuba diving allowed in diabetic patients treated with insulin?]
1Service de Nutrtion, Maladies Métabolques et Endocrinologie, Hôpital Sainte Marguerite, Marseille, France.
Diabetes & Metabolism
|December 19, 2000
Abstract:
Scuba diving is usually prohibited in diabetic patients at risk of hypoglycemic attacks (i.e. IDDM and NIDDM treated with sulfonylureas) due to the particular severity of these episodes in a hostile environment. In fact, diabetic subjects can perform this popular leisure activity without extra-risk, provided strict requisites in aptitude, practice and environment are enforced. These limitations lead to the establishment of practical guidelines, as proposed in this paper.