Type 2 Diabetes Your Questions Answered

by Walker, Rosemary; Rodgers, Jill

• ISBN13: 9780756618728
• ISBN10: 075661872X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-20
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Summary

Consumer health title presents information about all aspects of living with Type 2 diabetes. Topics include how the body uses glucose, dealing with emotions, healthy eating, reading food labels, when to eat, why weight and body shape matter, benefits of physical activity, understanding blood glucose, monitoring equipment, and more. Plastic-coated softcover.

Table of Contents

What is Type 2 diabetes?
Understanding diabetes	10	(6)
How your body uses glucose	16	(2)
Type 2 diabetes and heart disease	18	(3)
Causes of Type 2 diabetes	21	(3)
Who gets Type 2 diabetes?	24	(2)
Type 2 diabetes and young people	26	(2)
Long-term complications	28	(2)
Reducing your risk of Type 2 diabetes	30	(4)
Finding out you have diabetes
Symptoms of Type 2 diabetes	34	(2)
Diagnosing Type 2 diabetes	36	(2)
Dealing with emotions	38	(2)
Who's who in my healthcare team?	40	(6)
Food and drink
Types of food	46	(2)
Healthy eating	48	(5)
Reading a food label	53	(1)
When to eat	54	(2)
Carbohydrates and the glycemic index	56	(4)
Healthier cooking	60	(2)
Eating out	62	(2)
Alcohol	64	(2)
Why weight and body shape matter	66	(4)
How to lose weight	70	(8)
Physical activity
The benefits of physical activity	78	(4)
Physical activity and your blood glucose level	82	(4)
Incorporating activity into your life	86	(2)
Getting started and keeping going	88	(2)
Becoming more active	90	(2)
Choosing a physical activity	92	(4)
Making activity work for you	96	(4)
Monitoring your diabetes
Understanding your blood glucose level	100	(4)
Monitoring equipment	104	(2)
Carrying out a blood glucose test	106	(4)
What your results mean	110	(3)
The Al c test	113	(2)
Understanding your blood pressure	115	(3)
Monitoring blood pressure	118	(2)
Your annual review	120	(4)
Living with diabetes
Day-to-day life	124	(2)
Dealing with hypoglycemia	126	(4)
Dealing with hyperglycemia	130	(2)
Looking after your heart	132	(1)
Looking after your feet	133	(5)
Stress and diabetes	138	(2)
How to manage stress	140	(2)
When you are ill	142	(4)
Women's health	146	(4)
Caring for someone with diabetes	150	(2)
Living with someone with diabetes	152	(4)
Medication
Taking pills	156	(2)
Pills to treat raised blood glucose	158	(2)
Pills for high blood pressure	160	(2)
Other pills that may be prescribed	162	(2)
The role of insulin injections	164	(2)
Types of insulin	166	(2)
Insulin regimens	168	(2)
Adjusting your insulin doses	170	(2)
Insulin equipment	172	(2)
Injecting yourself	174	(6)
Long-term complications
Heart and circulatory disease	180	(4)
Eye conditions	184	(4)
Kidney conditions	188	(2)
Foot conditions	190	(4)
Depression	194	(2)
Erection difficulties	196	(2)
Other conditions	198	(2)
Useful addresses	200	(1)
Index	201	(7)
Acknowledgments	208