5 consejos para viajar con una enfermedad crónica

(BPT) - Descubrir que tiene una enfermedad crónica es difícil, pero puede ser especialmente traumático cuando esto sucede lejos de casa. Eso es exactamente lo que le pasó a Gretchen cuando tenía 23 años, durante lo que se suponía que iba a ser un viaje internacional soñado.

Un viaje en crucero por el Mediterráneo cambió inesperadamente cuando Gretchen se enfermó de gravedad de repente, con pérdida de apetito y deshidratación. Pensó que podría tener alguna enfermedad o infección leve relacionada con el viaje y fue al médico del crucero para que la atendiera. Tras realizar una serie de pruebas, el diagnóstico del médico fue sorpresivo. Gretchen tenía diabetes tipo 1 (DT1) y, en ese momento, estaba sufriendo una cetoacidosis diabética (CAD), una condición potencialmente mortal que se produce en personas con diabetes cuando los niveles de cetonas son demasiado elevados. En el caso de personas con diabetes, las cetonas alcanzan niveles peligrosamente altos cuando su cuerpo no es capaz de utilizar la glucosa como combustible debido a la falta de insulina; por lo tanto, el cuerpo descompone la grasa demasiado rápido, produciendo al mismo tiempo cetonas en el torrente sanguíneo.¹ Un episodio de cetoacidosis diabética (CAD), como el que sufrió Gretchen, es la forma en que varias personas descubren que padecen DT1, lo que representa entre el 20% y el 40% de los casos de CAD.¹

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