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Return to IndexStep 1: Taking ChargeStep 2: What is Diabetes?Step 3: Symptoms of DiabetesStep 4: Diagnosing DiabetesStep 5: Your Management ProgramStep 6: Use Insulin Every DayStep 7: Follow a Meal PlanStep 8: Monitor Blood GlucoseStep 9: Exercise is Important!Step 10: Recognize Medical EmergenciesStep 11: Long-Term ComplicationsStep 12: Maintain Regular Check-upsStep 13: The Healthcare TeamKey PointsGlossary
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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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Review Date:
May 25, 2005
Reviewed By: Alan Greene, M.D., F.A.A.P., Department of Pediatrics, Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University School of Medicine; Chief Medical Officer, A.D.A.M., Inc.
Reviewed By: Alan Greene, M.D., F.A.A.P., Department of Pediatrics, Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University School of Medicine; Chief Medical Officer, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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