Self Employed Type 1 Diabetic

[Dandy]

Hello I’m new here, my husband is type 1 diabetic. He is a self employed Gas Engineer in the current climate should he still be going out working.
He is currently doing so taking precautionary measures. I wasn’t totally sure if he still should? Can any one advise please.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Hello Dandy

Current advice for people with diabetes is to practice ’social distancing’ as much as possible:

[Withdrawn] [Withdrawn] Guidance on social distancing for everyone in the UK

www.gov.uk

My understanding is that well managed T1 does not put a person at significantly increased risk of a severe case of Coronavirus, but that we should all try to avoid contracting the disease while the health service is under so much pressure, because the proportion of T1s who unfortunately DO develop a severe case, would have the significant complication of T1 along for the ride.

It sounds like your husband‘s work requires him to go out and mix with the public, so he will just have to decide not to work (current protection for self employed is less than ideal ), or take extra precautions while working - and especially check to ensure that no property he visits has anyone in it that has symptoms.

then extra scrupolous hand washing and no touching of eyes/mouth/nose too.

Must be very difficult for you both

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Worth brushing up on ’sock day rules’ too... just in case!

Sickday rules pdf

Sick day rules flowchart from Leicester diabetes centre. Particularly useful for people with Type 1 Diabetes during the Coronavirus outbreak.

www.t1resources.uk

 

[Dandy]

Hello Dandy

Current advice for people with diabetes is to practice ’social distancing’ as much as possible:

[Withdrawn] [Withdrawn] Guidance on social distancing for everyone in the UK

www.gov.uk

My understanding is that well managed T1 does not put a person at significantly increased risk of a severe case of Coronavirus, but that we should all try to avoid contracting the disease while the health service is under so much pressure, because the proportion of T1s who unfortunately DO develop a severe case, would have the significant complication of T1 along for the ride.

It sounds like your husband‘s work requires him to go out and mix with the public, so he will just have to decide not to work (current protection for self employed is less than ideal ), or take extra precautions while working - and especially check to ensure that no property he visits has anyone in it that has symptoms.

then extra scrupolous hand washing and no touching of eyes/mouth/nose too.

Must be very difficult for you both

 

[Dandy]

Thankyou for reply xx