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Type 1 diabetes is a condition where glucose levels in the blood are too high. To manage diabetes, insulin must be used daily and lifestyle carefully planned. The good news is that with proper management, a person with diabetes can live a full, active, healthy life.
This guide supplements the instructions from your doctor and will help you become an expert.
- I. Let's Get Started
- Step 1: Taking charge
- Step 2: What is diabetes?
- Step 3: Symptoms of diabetes
- Step 4: Diagnosing diabetes
- II. Managing Diabetes - The Basics
- Step 5: Your management program
- Step 6: Use insulin every day
- Step 7: Follow a meal plan
- Step 8: Monitor blood glucose
- Step 9: Exercise is important!
- III. Becoming an Expert
- Step 10: Recognize medical emergencies
- Step 11: Long-term complications
- Step 12: Maintain regular check-ups
- Step 13: The healthcare team
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Reviewed By: Robert Hurd, MD, Professor of Endocrinology, Department of Biology, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
