American Diabetes Association Complete Guide to Diabetes: The Ultimate Home Diabetes Reference

by American Diabetes Association

• ISBN13: 9781580400381
• ISBN10: 1580400388
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: PUBLISHERS GROUP WEST

Summary

Sourcebook of information for consumers. Presents data on drugs, insulin regimes, healthcare and insurance issues, diabetes in the workplace, links to Web sites, a new chapter on diabetes and the family, and additional information on children schools, and day care. Previous edition: c1997. Softcover.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Acknowledgments	viii
Introduction: Healthy Living Is Good Diabetes Care	1	(4)
What Is Diabetes?	5	(26)
Types of Diabetes	6	(3)
Who Has Diabetes?	9	(1)
Tests for Diabetes	10	(3)
Type 1 of Type2?	13	(2)
Who Gets Diabetes?	15	(1)
Causes of Type 1 Diabetes	16	(8)
Causes of Type 2 Diabetes	24	(3)
Causes of Gestational Diabetes	27	(4)
Diabetes Management	31	(24)
Designing your Diabetes Plan	33	(3)
Type 1 Diabetes Management	36	(4)
Type 2 Diabetes Management	40	(11)
Gestational Diabetes Management	51	(4)
Good Health Care and Your Health Care Team	55	(38)
Getting Started	56	(2)
The Team Captain: You	58	(6)
Choosing a Physician	64	(1)
The Rest of the Team	64	(1)
Your Diabetes Educator	64	(2)
Your Dietitian	66	(3)
Your Exercise Physiologist	69	(1)
Your Mental Health Counselor	70	(2)
Your Eye Doctor	72	(3)
Your Podiatrist	75	(1)
Your Pharmacist	75	(2)
Your Dentist	77	(2)
Your Dermatologist	79	(2)
Getting the Most Out of Your Health Care Team	81	(1)
The Importance of Communication	81	(1)
What to Expect	82	(1)
Visiting Your Physician	83	(2)
Getting Physical	85	(4)
Q & A: Glycated Hemoglobin Testing	89	(3)
Second Opinions	92	(1)
The Ins and Outs of Insulin	93	(42)
Insulin Type	95	(6)
Buying and Storing Insulin	101	(3)
Using Insulin	104	(17)
Insulin Plans	121	(14)
Achieving Glucose Control	135	(40)
Why Control Glucose?	136	(1)
Testing=Control	137	(1)
What Affects Glucose in the Blood?	138	(9)
Self-Monitoring Your Blood Glucose	147	(9)
Emergencies	156	(19)
Diabetes Tools	175	(24)
Blood Glucose Meters	177	(9)
Test Strips	186	(4)
Lancets	190	(2)
Setting the Record Straight	192	(2)
Odds `n Ends	194	(1)
Shopping Around	195	(4)
Intensive Diabetes Management	199	(26)
Is Intensive Management Right for You?	203	(5)
Education	208	(1)
Choosing Goals	209	(8)
Intensive Management Techniques	217	(8)
Healthy Eating	225	(40)
What's in a Healthy Meal Plan?	228	(1)
Variety Through the Food Pyramid	229	(14)
Medical Nutrition Therapy: Your Meal Plan	243	(22)
Keeping Fit	265	(26)
Before You Begin	268	(2)
Exercising Safely	270	(6)
Exercise and Your Blood Glucose Level	276	(7)
Exercise and Pregnancy	283	(1)
Finding an Exercise That Works for You	284	(7)
Diabetes Complications and Prevention	291	(30)
The Glucose Connection	294	(1)
Besides Controlling Glucose, You Can	295	(3)
Dealing With Complications	298	(1)
Cardiovascular Disease	299	(6)
Retinopathy	305	(2)
Nephropathy	307	(4)
Neuropathy	311	(5)
Infections	316	(5)
Diabetes and Sex	321	(40)
Glucose Control and the Estrogen Cycle	322	(11)
Birth Control	333	(4)
Sexual Performance	337	(8)
Pregnancy	345	(16)
Coping with Diabetes	361	(20)
Dealing with Your Feelings	363	(4)
Handling Stress	367	(3)
Dealing with Depression	370	(1)
Controlling Anxiety	371	(6)
Q & A: Your Emotions and Diabetes	377	(4)
Diabetes and Family Life	381	(20)
Balancing Family Demands and Diabetes	382	(10)
Diabetes and Children	392	(9)
Diabetes in the Real World	401	(34)
Diabetes in the Workplace	403	(9)
Discrimination	412	(8)
Diabetes in the Military	420	(3)
Diabetes at School	423	(12)
Working with the Health Care System	435	(26)
Health Insurance	437	(10)
Medicare and Medicaid	447	(5)
Hospital Stays	452	(6)
Home Health Care and Nursing Homes	458	(3)
Glossary	461	(10)
Appendix	471	(6)
Self-Monitoring Technique	471	(1)
Ketone Testing	471	(1)
Preparing Insulin Injections	472	(1)
Mixing Insulins	473	(1)
Storing Insulin Mixtures	474	(1)
Injecting Insulin	475	(1)
Reusing Syringes	475	(1)
Injecting Glucagon	476	(1)
Resources	477	(12)
Index	489