Diabetes Sourcebook : Today's Methods and Ways to Give Yourself the Best Care

by June Biermann; Barbara Toohey; Diana W. Guthrie

• ISBN13: 9780788169168
• ISBN10: 0788169165
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: DIANE Publishing Company

Author Biography

Diana W. Guthrie, R.N., Ph.D., is a professor in the department of pediatrics and a diabetes nurse specialist at the University of Kansas and Mid-America Diabetes Associates Richard A. Guthrie, M.D., is director of Mid-America Diabetes Associates and a clinical professor at the University of Kansas School of Medicine

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xv
What Kind of Diabetes Do You Have?	p. 1
A bit of history	p. 2
Types of diabetes	p. 3
Problems associated with diabetes	p. 9
Who Gets This Disease?	p. 11
Early forms of diabetes	p. 13
Gestational diabetes	p. 13
Secondary types of diabetes	p. 14
Causes of diabetes	p. 14
How Is Diabetes Treated?	p. 21
Differences in treatment for children and adults	p. 22
Acute care	p. 26
Management of Type 1 diabetes	p. 27
Management of Type 2 diabetes	p. 30
Special management needs	p. 31
Educating Yourself About Diabetes	p. 35
Levels of education	p. 36
Choosing an education program	p. 39
How can education help you?	p. 40
Meal Planning	p. 41
Basic eating guidelines	p. 42
Baseline meal planning	p. 46
Special needs	p. 51
Diabetes Medication	p. 55
Oral agents	p. 56
Insulin	p. 64
Methods of insulin delivery	p. 70
What Is Important About Exercise?	p. 85
Benefits of exercise	p. 85
Precautions in exercising	p. 88
The "exercise prescription"	p. 92
What About Hygiene?	p. 95
Dental care	p. 95
Skin care	p. 97
Foot care	p. 98
Eye care	p. 101
Sexually related hygiene	p. 103
How Is Diabetes Monitored?	p. 107
Frequency of testing	p. 108
What to test	p. 109
Using information from testing	p. 113
Testing supplies and equipment	p. 116
Summary	p. 124
Possible Complications of Diabetes	p. 127
Acute complications	p. 128
Intermediate complications	p. 134
Chronic complications	p. 137
How Do You Adjust to Having Diabetes?	p. 145
Reacting to the diagnosis	p. 145
Family support	p. 150
How Stress Affects Diabetes	p. 151
Acute response	p. 152
Chronic response	p. 152
Other responses	p. 153
Stress management	p. 154
Helping Your Health-Care Team to Help You	p. 161
Program management	p. 161
Record keeping	p. 162
Reporting	p. 165
Helping Your Family and Friends	p. 167
Increasing their understanding	p. 167
Gaining their support	p. 168
Grieving	p. 170
What Is Being Done to Conquer Diabetes and Improve Its Management?	p. 171
Transplants	p. 171
Artificial transplants	p. 174
New treatments	p. 176
Finding the cause	p. 179
Update for management of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes	p. 181
Funding for research	p. 183
Appendices	p. 185
Food Questionnaire	p. 185
Recommended Dietary Allowances	p. 191
American Diabetes Association Exchange Lists	p. 197
Points in Nutrition	p. 229
Restaurant Guide	p. 233
Metabolic (MET) Levels of Activities	p. 245
Some Calorie/Exercise Expenditures	p. 249
Diabetes Resources	p. 253
American Diabetes Association Regional and State Offices	p. 259
Summer Camps for Children with Diabetes	p. 267
Glossary of Diabetes-Related Terms	p. 275
Diabetes Related Web Sites	p. 293
Bibliography	p. 295
Index	p. 303
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