Managing Diabetes and Work

The presence of diabetes among people is never a hindrance to pursue a personal financial goal and move on with a career or profession. However, can diabetes affect a person’s ability to work? Should there be certain tasks that a diabetic should not take responsibility of?

Just like normal people

People with diabetes can do almost any work that people without diabetes can do. There are many diabetic patients who excel in athletics and sports than those with no diabetes at all. There are a lot of people with diabetes who are successful being professional football players, baseball players or there are those who succeed in politics, entertainment, business and in their chosen field of endeavor. Their routine of blood testing and insulin taking does not disqualify them from practicing their career nor stop them from pursuing their personal goals.

Diabetics at work

People with diabetes can work as normally as ordinary people. The additional thing though that is added in their daily routines are the required blood testing, administer insulin or watch their carbs and other food they take. These are diabetes management at work.

Some people who have the illness are comfortable to tell their co-workers, others select who to tell and others do not tell at all. There are times that somebody in the workplace know that you have diabetes in case low blood glucose strikes, and that they can take help if needed.

Diabetes should not be a hindrance in performing the tasks at work. In fact, a lot of diabetics render good job performances and are promoted to top levels of management.

Law restrictions

There are some government laws that put restrictions to people with illness like diabetics not to perform other tasks that can cause adverse effects on some people and properties. For example, patients with diabetes cannot do works like being a commercial airline pilot, or commercial or public vehicle drivers or long distance trucks or bus drivers.

It can also be advisable to let the employer know about diabetes either before or while he is employed. This should not put some biases in treating the employee, but it is essential for his health. There might be some heavy tasks to be assigned to the diabetic at work that is not favorable for his illness like constant overtime work that can lead him to over fatigue.