TY - JOUR T1 - Diabetes: the danger of exercise JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 427 LP - 427 DO - 10.3399/bjgp16X686365 VL - 66 IS - 649 AU - Ben Stutchbury Y1 - 2016/08/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/66/649/427.abstract N2 - ‘I would recommend that you don’t attempt that. It could be dangerous. Let me just check with the doctor.’I had just told my diabetes specialist nurse of my intention to play squash for 12 hours, in an effort to raise money for charity. My GP promptly reiterated the nurse’s concern, with somewhat increased vigour. Of course a patient with type 1 diabetes shouldn’t be attempting such a thing! The only advice I was offered, if I wished to continue, was to ‘test your blood sugar regularly’.Well, that was helpful.Regular exercise is extremely important for controlling diabetes, but is there a point at which the exercise is so intense that it actually becomes dangerous? Yes, if not managed correctly. However, the risks can be minimised or completely avoided by doctors, nurses, and patients working together to construct a plan of diabetes management before, during, and after the activity.Since being diagnosed in 2001 at the age of … ER -