American Diabetes Association Complete Guide

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.

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

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