The Type 2 Diabetes Sourcebook for Women

by Rosenthal, M. Sara

• ISBN13: 9780071449298
• ISBN10: 0071449299
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-05-09
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Summary

A vital sourcebook for the millions of American women diagnosed with type 2 diabetesThe Type 2 Diabetes Sourcebook for Womenanswers women's questions about how to manage diabetes and shows how to cope with the disease to live a fuller, healthier life. A major revision of M. Sara Rosenthal's guide on the subject,The Type 2 Diabetes Sourcebook for Womenfocuses on: The revised screening guidelines for diagnosis The latest medications and treatments available How women's hormones interact with insulin How menopause and pregnancy affect diabetes management How low-carb diets can be dangerous for women with type 2 diabetes How to follow the ADA carb counting guidelines while avoiding weight gain

Author Biography

M. Sara Rosenthal, Ph.D., is the author of more than 25 recommended health books, including The Gynecological Sourcebook and The Thyroid Sourcebook for Women. She is currently Director, University of Kentucky Program for Bioethics and Patients' Rights and Assistant Professor, Bioethics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine. For more information, visit the author’s website at www.sarahealth.com.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction: All in the Family	xi
What Is Type 2 Diabetes, and Who's at Risk?	1	(26)
Name Changes and Definitions	1	(3)
What Happens in Type 2 Diabetes?	4	(2)
Conditions That Can Lead to Type 2 Diabetes	6	(3)
Who Gets Type 2 Diabetes?	9	(2)
Risk Factors You Can Change	11	(9)
Risk Factors You Can't Change	20	(3)
Signs and Symptoms of Type 2 Diabetes	23	(4)
Women, Obesity, and Type 2 Diabetes	27	(20)
The ``Good Times Disease''	29	(7)
Eating Disorders and Compulsive Eating	36	(3)
Biological Causes of Obesity	39	(3)
Insulin Resistance and Obesity	42	(1)
Drug Treatment for Obesity	42	(2)
Childhood Obesity	44	(3)
Fertility, Pregnancy, and the Role of Estrogen	47	(24)
Getting Pregnant	48	(5)
Being Pregnant	53	(3)
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM)	56	(4)
Special Delivery: The C-Section	60	(3)
After the Baby Is Born	63	(2)
The Role of Estrogen	65	(6)
Type 2 Diabetes, Menopause, and Aging	71	(22)
Menopause	71	(9)
Osteoporosis	80	(10)
Type 2 Diabetes in Elderly Women	90	(3)
Lowering Fat and Healthy Eating	93	(20)
Understanding Fat	94	(8)
Increasing Fiber	102	(4)
Food Supplements	106	(3)
Putting It All Together	109	(3)
Adding Some Activity	112	(1)
How Sweet: Counting Carbs and Planning Meals	113	(20)
A Few Good Foods	113	(4)
Carbohydrate Counting	117	(7)
Grocery Shopping	124	(3)
Artificial Sweeteners	127	(3)
At the Liquor Store	130	(3)
Self-Care and Medications	133	(30)
Testing Your Own Blood Sugar	133	(6)
What the Doctor Orders	139	(4)
When Your Doctor Tells You to Take a Pill	143	(6)
Natural Therapies	149	(2)
When Your Doctor Prescribes Insulin	151	(8)
Getting to Know Your Insulin	159	(4)
Preventing Hypoglycemia	163	(10)
The Lowdown on Low Blood Sugar	164	(4)
Juice Is Better	168	(3)
Recipe for Prevention	171	(2)
A Woman's Heart and Diabetes	173	(14)
Understanding Heart Attacks	174	(6)
Understanding Stroke	180	(7)
A Woman's Nerves and Diabetes	187	(22)
Understanding Diabetic Neuropathy	188	(1)
Nerve Damage from Head to Toe	188	(9)
Foot Complications	197	(4)
Open Wounds	201	(2)
When You Require an Amputation	203	(6)
A Woman's Face and Diabetes: Eyes and Teeth	209	(18)
Preventing Diabetes Eye Disease	210	(1)
Signs of Eye Disease	211	(2)
Can Diabetes Eye Disease Be Treated?	213	(1)
Coping with Low Vision or Blindness	214	(1)
Visual Aids	215	(4)
Diabetes and Tooth Decay	219	(1)
Diabetes-Related Gum Disease	220	(3)
Signs of Gum Disease	223	(1)
Seeing a Gum Specialist	224	(3)
Women, Diabetes, and Kidney Disease	227	(14)
What Do Your Kidneys Do?	228	(1)
What Affects Your Kidneys?	228	(2)
Signs of Diabetic Kidney Disease	230	(1)
Treating Kidney Disease	231	(2)
From Kidney Disease to Kidney Failure	233	(4)
When You Want a Kidney Transplant	237	(4)
Appendix: Diabetes Resources	241	(4)
Bibliography	245	(8)
Index	253