Sweet Blood: How does atmospheric heat affect diabetics' blood glucose?

Slide 3: To test and measure my blood glucose Aim during and after thirty minutes of increased atmospheric heat My prediction is that my blood glucose will Hypothesis drop after increased atmospheric heat A sauna with internal thermometer Equipment and an Accu check advantage body thermometer

Slide 4: 1. Pre heat sauna to 40 degrees Method 2. Do a blood test for baseline reading 3. Sit still in the sauna for 15 minutes 4. Wipe hands and do a blood test and check body temp(approx 3 minutes) 5. Back to the sauna for 15 minutes 6. Wipe hands and do a blood test and check body temp(approx 3 minutes)

Slide 5: A fair test Control the variables A control. My brother who is not diabetic Movement, sit still cause movement would decrease my blood glucose. Temperature, I am measuring the effect of increase in atmospheric temp not body temperature. Dirty hands . Wipe hands as dirt or sweat can give a false reading Time to get a consistent result and be able to see a pattern

Slide 6: The subject me No food for 4 hours as this might increase blood glucose No exercise for 2 hours as this could decrease blood glucose Consider background insulin will be different at different times of the day Make sure I am well.

Slide 7: And the Results are Name time Start After 15 mins After a further 15 15 mins after mins completionn Dan 4pm 4/5 32.4 29.9 2.5 24.0 5.9 23.5 0.5 4pm 9/5 7.0 9.2 + 1.2 3.2 6.0 3.4 + 0.2 8.30 2/6 10.7 10.6 0.1 10.4 0.2 6.3 3.9 9.45 10/6 15.2 13.5 14.0 8.4 3.15 14/6 16.3 12.4 9.6 3.4 2.15 15/ 6 6.7 6.3 0.4 4.9 1.2 3.7 1.2 1.15 16/6 8.9 9.2 + 0.3 7.2 1.2 6.4 0.8 Chris 12.30 5/5 7.1 6.7. 0.4 4.9 1.8 6.3 + 1.4

Slide 8: 4/5 9/5 35 10 30 8 25 20 6 Graphs 15 4 10 2 5 0 0 start 15 mins 30 mins 15 after start 15 mins 30 mins 15 after 2/6 10/6 12 16 14 10 12 8 10 6 8 6 4 4 2 2 0 0 start 15 mins 30 mins 15 after start 15 mins 30 mins 15 after 14/6 15/6 18 7 16 6 14 5 Almost a line 12 10 4 8 3 6 2 4 2 1 0 0 start 15 mins 30 mins 15 after start 15 mins 30 mins 15 after 16/6 Chris the control 10 8 7 8 6 5 6 4 4 3 2 2 1 0 0 s tart 15 m ins 30 m ins 15 afte r start 15 mins 30 mins 15 after

Slide 9: Ok my blood glucose has dropped from 27% to 79% but I couldn’t see a good pattern. So I got Mum to make it into graphs. I could only see the decrease pattern but not the the same pattern every time why not? So I emailed Mark Leydon (Dietitian) and talked to Laird Madison (Endocrinologist).

Slide 10: Conclusion The blood glucose of Diabetics is decreased b atmospheric heat After 30 minutes in the sauna my blood glucose dropped by 25 to 80%My body temperature stayed at 36.5 c Adrenaline was released to keep my temperature steady by perspiring and increased my heart rate and respiration. The adrenaline increases the need for muscular glucose and the absorption of insulin so that is why my blood glucose fell.

Slide 11: 2. HOT! My brain know I’m hot and send a message to 5 My body needs more the adrenal gland energy so the cells need more glucose 4 Adrenaline makes my heart pumps faster and my breathing increase 1.Glucose from food goes into my blood 3. Adrenal gland produces adrenaline into my blood 6. Insulin is absorbed faster as it lets glucose into the cells My glucose is burned up faster and my blood sugar drops

Slide 12: So what does that mean for me? Alright!I could eat pineapple and water melon on holiday in Thailand cause it’s hot there. ( Not really, that’s another story) I have to watch out for hypo signs when I get hot, like at the hot pools, or out at the beach. I’ll have to watch out for hypos when I get an adrenaline buzz , when I’m kart racing or getting big air when I’m skiing