Principle 1: Find out what type of diabetes is

  • Type 1 diabetes. People with this type of diabetes need daily insulin injections.
  • Type 2 diabetes. Many times this type of diabetes can be controlled only with a strict diet and regular physical activity. Some people may need to take pills and / or insulin.

Risk factors for diabetes. Are you at risk for diabetes?

  • Be over 45 years of age
  • Being overweight
  • Having a close relative such as father, brother or sister who has or had diabetes
  • Having had diabetes during pregnancy

Tips:

People with diabetes should:

  • Always receive high quality professional care.
  • Work with your doctor to change your treatment when necessary.
  • Continue regular monitoring by your family physician and / or endocrinologist and diabetes educator.
  • Seek support from family, friends and co-workers, or companies and associations specializing in the comprehensive monitoring diabetics.

Receive regular basis for diabetes care
Tips:

  • Ask your doctor or nurse how often to perform a medical examination.
  • enter the date and time of your next appointment or request a reminder service.
  • Make a list of questions that arise, for easy recall when you visit your next visit with the doctor or nurse.

Principle 3: Learning how to control their diabetes

You and your family should receive accurate information and professional treatment as your doctor and other health professionals to help them learn how to control their diabetes.

It is important that all participate actively in the process of controlling the disease.

Do you have an active role in controlling your diabetes?

  • I ask my doctor correct and current information about my diabetes.
  • I talk to my doctor about other professionals such as a nutritionist or diabetes educator can also help me control my diabetes.
  • We ask questions to the diabetes educator and nutritionist about my diet and other ways to control my diabetes.
  • I speak with my doctor regularly and truthfully about my special needs and how to control my diabetes.

If you’ve done everything mentioned in the list, you have an active and learning to control your diabetes.

Tips:

If you have not done all that is mentioned in the list, ask your doctor what to do to learn to control your diabetes. Ask your doctor where to go to learn more about diabetes and how to control it.

Principle 4: Learn how to control high blood sugar

The main goal of diabetes treatment is to control high blood sugar.

There are many ways to do it. These include:

  • Maintain a healthy diet.
  • Conduct regular physical activity.
  • Taking medication for diabetes according paute your doctor.
  • Review regularly the level of blood sugar.

Tips:

  • Talk to your doctor about the best way to control high blood sugar.
  • Actively participate in your treatment and decisions about the care of their diabetes.

Principle 5: Measure sugar level regularly in the blood

Examine the level of blood sugar. You may need to regularly measure the blood sugar level to help control their diabetes.

Tips:

Talk to your doctor about:

  • What type of analysis should be
  • How do the analysis correctly
  • How often you should do
  • How often should I send the test results
  • How to get medical supplies to take the analysis.
  • Analysis of hemoglobin A1c. The determination of hemoglobin A1c measures the degree of control their blood sugar during the last 2 or 3 months. This test is very important because it lets you know if you are controlling your diabetes well.
  • The result of your last hemoglobin A1c.
  • What is the ideal number of your hemoglobin A1c.

Principle 6: Finding out about how to control and prevent diabetes problems

People with diabetes should monitor the level of blood sugar to avoid problems.

The long-term complications of diabetes are:

  • Diseases of the eye.
  • Kidney Diseases.
  • Injury of the nerves.
  • Heart disease and stroke.

Practical Advice:

There is some evidence that should be done regularly. These include:

  • Taking blood pressure.
  • Determination of cholesterol.
  • Further analysis of blood fat (ask your doctor what tests to do).

Remember

To control your diabetes also must do the following:

  • Maintain a healthy diet.
  • Take diabetes medications as instructed by the doctor.
  • Make regular physical activity.
  • Examine the eyes and feet regularly.
  • Doing these things with medical advice.

Principle 7: Check if you have long-term problems and begin treatment

Must regularly go to the doctor or other health professional to check for other problems caused by diabetes. This will allow time to prevent and control other health problems that may arise later.

Practical Advice:

Ask your doctor how often you should have the following tests:

  • Foot exam
  • Eye Exam
  • Consideration of kidneys.
  • Ask your doctor what other tests need