Diabetes and migration (update 2023)

The practice recommendation is intended to supplement the existing guidelines on diabetes mellitus and provides practical recommendations for the diagnosis, therapy and care of people with diabetes mellitus who come from different linguistic and cultural back-grounds. The article deals with the demographic datas of migration in Austria and Germany; with therapeutic advice concerning drug therapy and diabetes education for patients with migration background. In this context socio-cultural spezifics are discussed. These suggestions are seen complementary to the general treatment guidelines of the Austrian Diabetes Society and German Diabetes Society. Especially for the fast months Ramadan thera are a lot of informations. The most important point is that the patient care must highly individualized and the management plan may differ for each patient.