Diabetes: Living With

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Type 1 Diabetes: Living With the Disease - Topic Overview
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01/15/07, Healthwise
This topic provides information for teens and their parents and for adults who have type 1 diabetes. Before reading this topic, you may want to read Type 1 Diabetes: Recently Diagnosed.
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Type 1 Diabetes: Living With Complications - Topic Overview
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11/22/06, Healthwise
This topic is about complications from diabetes, such as eye, kidney, heart, nerve, or blood vessel disease. If you need other diabetes information, see:
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Type 1 Diabetes: Children Living With the Disease - Treatment Overview
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01/19/07, Healthwise
The goal of your child's treatment for type 1 diabetes is to always keep his or her blood sugar levels within a target range. A normal or near-normal range reduces the chance of diabetes complications. Daily diabetes care and regu
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Type 1 Diabetes: Living With the Disease - Treatment Overview
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01/15/07, Healthwise
The goal of treatment for type 1 diabetes is to keep your blood sugar levels within a normal or near-normal range and to reduce the risk for complications. Daily diabetes care and regular medical checkups will help you stay h
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Preventing high blood sugar emergencies from diabetes
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08/31/07, Healthwise
High blood sugar (hyperglycemia) in diabetes occurs when the sugar (glucose) level in the blood rises above normal. For a person who has diabetes, high blood sugar may be caused by missed diabetes medication (insulin or pills), ea
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Giving an insulin injection to an adult with diabetes
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08/31/07, Healthwise
If you have type 1 diabetes—or if you have type 2 diabetes and oral medications are not controlling your blood sugar—you have to take insulin. If you have gestational diabetes, you may need to take insulin
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Dealing with low blood sugar from insulin for diabetes
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08/14/07, Healthwise
Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) occurs in people with diabetes when the sugar (glucose) level in the blood drops below what the body needs to function normally.
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Managing poor eyesight from diabetes
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04/13/07, Healthwise
To keep doing the things you enjoy, you will want to make a few changes to your lifestyle. The changes you need to make depend on how much vision you have lost, what kinds of activities you like to do, and your lifestyle. Making change
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Carbohydrate counting for people who use insulin
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08/14/07, Healthwise
Carbohydrate counting is an important skill to help you maintain tight control of your blood sugar (glucose) level when you have diabetes. It gives you the flexibility to eat what you want and increases your sense of control and confid
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Caring for yourself when you have diabetes and poor vision
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04/13/07, Healthwise
Taking care of yourself when you have diabetes is challenging. If you also have poor eyesight, you will want to take extra care to control your diabetes, especially your blood sugar levels. With time and practice, your new routines for
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