Type 1 can the heat affect blood sugar levels

[Tylers73]

First summer with condition, have been having hypos the last three mornings as its warmed up

 

[dancer]

Yes, I always have to be careful when it's hot.
I have a reduced basal pattern on my pump for holidays in hot countries.

 

[noblehead]

First summer with condition, have been having hypos the last three mornings as its warmed up

Do some basal testing, but many of us type 1's do find we use slightly less insulin as the weather warms up and more when it starts to get cold.

 

[Tylers73]

What do you mean by basal testing

 

[noblehead]

What do you mean by basal testing

Checking that your background insulin (in your case levemir) is set at the right dose, when you don't eat and bolus your basal insulin should hold your bg levels steady without hypers or hypo's.

Although the following is for pump users it explains how you should do a basal test in different time frames throughout a 24 hour period:

http://www.salforddiabetescare.co.uk/index2.php?nav_id=1007