Sun cream?!

[Marmite-lover]

Hi! I have just had a look on a new website forum about diabetes and travel called voyage MD. Looks pretty good, but I think it needs a few more members to get going! Anyway, there was some info on it about sun cream and I was just wondering if diabetics need to be particularly careful in the sun as I have never been informed of this?! :?

 

[Sarah69]

I wouldn't think so!

 

[hallii]

Vitamin D is made by the body when exposed to sunlight, since Vitamin D is essential for normal health and may have some additional benefits for diabetics I suggest that moderate amounts of sunshine are good for most diabetics.

Note my use of the word "moderate", red skin = to much and can cause skin damage.


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[lovinglife]

Some medications can make your skin senstitive to the sun - one of the side effects of Gliclizide is sun sensitivity - I suffered from this last summer - even a few minutes out in the sun without protection made my skin itch like mad and I burned very easily - it wasn't so bad this summer - but then there wasn't really any summer to speak of was there! :roll: