Type 2 diabetes Your questions answered
Book - 2006
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- Published
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London ; New York :
Dorling Kindersley
2006.
- Language
- English
- Corporate Author
- Main Author
- Corporate Author
- Other Authors
- Edition
- First American edition
- Item Description
- "Based on Diabetes, a practical guide to managing your health."
- Physical Description
- 208 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
- ISBN
- 9780756618728
- What is Type 2 diabetes?
- Understanding diabetes
- How your body uses glucose
- Type 2 diabetes and heart disease
- Causes of Type 2 diabetes
- Who gets Type 2 diabetes?
- Type 2 diabetes and young people
- Long-term complications
- Reducing your risk of Type 2 diabetes
- Finding out you have diabetes
- Symptoms of Type 2 diabetes
- Diagnosing Type 2 diabetes
- Dealing with emotions
- Who's who in my healthcare team?
- Food and drink
- Types of food
- Healthy eating
- Reading a food label
- When to eat
- Carbohydrates and the glycemic index
- Healthier cooking
- Eating out
- Alcohol
- Why weight and body shape matter
- How to lose weight
- Physical activity
- The benefits of physical activity
- Physical activity and your blood glucose level
- Incorporating activity into your life
- Getting started and keeping going
- Becoming more active
- Choosing a physical activity
- Making activity work for you
- Monitoring your diabetes
- Understanding your blood glucose level
- Monitoring equipment
- Carrying out a blood glucose test
- What your results mean
- The Alc test
- Understanding your blood pressure
- Monitoring blood pressure
- Your annual review
- Living with diabetes
- Day-to-day life
- Dealing with hypoglycemia
- Dealing with hyperglycemia
- Looking after your heart
- Looking after your feet
- Stress and diabetes
- How to manage stress
- When you are ill
- Women's health
- Caring for someone with diabetes
- Living with someone with diabetes
- Medication
- Taking pills
- Pills to treat raised blood glucose
- Pills for high blood pressure
- Other pills that may be prescribed
- The role of insulin injections
- Types of insulin
- Insulin regimens
- Adjusting your insulin doses
- Insulin equipment
- Injecting Yourself
- Long-term complications
- Heart and circulatory disease
- Eye conditions
- Kidney conditions
- Foot conditions
- Depression
- Erection difficulties
- Other conditions
- Useful addresses
- Index
- Acknowledgments