Type 2 Diabetes in Adults of All Ages. How to Become an Expert on Your Own Diabetes

“We want everyone with type 2 diabetes to feel they can assume responsibility for their own treatment and take charge of their own life.”
 Dr Charles Fox and Dr Ragnar Hanas

If you have recently been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, you will need to make some changes in your life that seem unwelcome and unnecessary. There is a wide range of treatments for this form of diabetes, from dietary adjustment and increased activity through to tablets and the use of insulin. Each new stage can lead to anxiety and a feeling that you are not in control.

The best way to deal with diabetes is to develop a thorough understanding of the condition and how it affects you personally. This comprehensive reference book will equip you with the knowledge you need to tackle all the different situations that daily life will throw at you. 

The scientific evidence proves that controlling your diabetes is the key to avoiding long-term health problems. If you can follow a healthy diet, control your weight and understand your medications you can look forward to good health and well-being for many years to come!

With this practical handbook you can take control of your health in the best way possible, because the greatest expert on your diabetes should be you.

Includes:

• 38 chapters
• Over 220 illustrations and cartoons
• 160 medical terms explained in the glossary

Contents:

• Getting to grips with diabetes
• Caring for your own diabetes
• Diabetes: some background
• How your body works
• Regulation of blood glucose
• High blood glucose levels
• Nutrition
• Weight control
• Exercise
• Monitoring
• Glycosolated haemoglobin (HbA1c)
• Tablets for lowering blood sugar
• Insulin treatment
• Administering insulin
• Changing insulin requirements
• Side effects and problems with insulin treatment
• Hypoglaecaemia
• Treating hypoglaecaemia
• Stress
• The effects of other illnesses
• Type 2 diabetes and younger people
• Smoking
• Alcohol and other substances
• Sexual problems and type 2 diabetes
• Pregnancy and diabetes
• Social and emplyment issues
• Travelling with diabetes
• Psychological aspects of type 2 diabetes
• Complications of the cardiovascular system
• Microvascular complications
• Problems with feet
• Associated diseases
• Diabetes in later life
• Support and information
• Outcome studies in type 2 diabetes
• Research and new developments
• Well-known people with diabetes