How diabetes is managed depends on what type of diabetes you have, your attitude towards your diagnosis and regular contact with your health care team.
Management includes:
Understanding your diabetes
Monitoring your Blood Glucose Levels (BGLs)
Following a healthy diet
Regular Physical Activity
Screening for early detection, prevention, and treatment of the complications of diabetes
Regular review with your Health Care team
Type 2 diabetes is a progressive condition. Making lifestyle changes helps by slowing down the progression. As your diabetes progresses you may require medication to help keep your BGLs within the target range
Aim of treatment
To keep BGLs in target range and help prevent / detect early the complications of diabetes.
Management includes:
Understanding your diabetes
Monitoring your Blood Glucose Levels (BGLs)
Following a healthy diet
Regular Physical Activity
Screening for early detection, prevention, and treatment of the complications of diabetes
Regular review with your Health Care team
Type 2 diabetes is a progressive condition. Making lifestyle changes helps by slowing down the progression. As your diabetes progresses you may require medication to help keep your BGLs within the target range
Aim of treatment
To keep BGLs in target range and help prevent / detect early the complications of diabetes.
Maggie will:
Help you to understand your diagnosis.
Provide a blood glucose monitor and complete NDSS forms
Help you understand what a healthy lifestyle means
Discuss complications of diabetes and the screening required
Discuss your diabetes medication and how they work
Help you to understand your diagnosis.
Provide a blood glucose monitor and complete NDSS forms
Help you understand what a healthy lifestyle means
Discuss complications of diabetes and the screening required
Discuss your diabetes medication and how they work
