Type 1 Diabetes Care Guide

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Type 1 diabetes is a condition where glucose levels in the blood are too high. To manage diabetes, insulin must be used daily and lifestyle carefully planned. The good news is that with proper management, a person with diabetes can live a full, active, healthy life.

This guide supplements the instructions from your doctor and will help you become an expert.

Diabetes or Just Normal Thirst?
Diabetes and Yeast Infections

I. Let's Get Started: Step 1: Taking charge; Step 2: What is diabetes?; Step 3: Symptoms of diabetes; Step 4: Diagnosing diabetes
II. Managing Diabetes - The Basics: Step 5: Your management program; Step 6: Use insulin every day; Step 7: Follow a meal plan; Step 8: Monitor blood glucose; Step 9: Exercise is important!
III. Becoming an Expert: Step 10: Recognize medical emergencies; Step 11: Long-term complications; Step 12: Maintain regular check-ups; Step 13: The healthcare team

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Glucose monitoring: New and upcoming testing devices

Healthy eating for people with diabetes

Intensive blood glucose management

Research underway: Transplant procedures

Helpful Handouts

Insulin schedule

Emergency warning signs

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Review Date: 5/10/2007

Reviewed By: Robert Hurd, MD, Professor of Endocrinology, Department of Biology, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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