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The number of children with Type 1 diabetes is steadily increasing. While research continues to search for a cure, the expectation is that those afflicted should enjoy a long life. Medical research has conclusively proved that looking after your own diabetes - and keeping your blood glucose level down - is the key to avoiding the pitfalls and long-term risks. Having diabetes means you need to make yourself better informed than the average doctor, and this remarkable book gives you all the strategies and tricks to get your blood glucose down and keep it under control. In this practical, easy-to-read book Dr Ragnar Hanas shows you step-by-step how to become an expert in your own diabetes. By understanding your Type 1 diabetes and how to manage it, you can live a full, healthy and happy life. Up-to-date with changes to the HbA1c standard which measures average blood glucose levels. All the latest information on insulin therapies Includes 39 chapters, and over 400 illustrations and cartoons Glossary explains 172 medical terms Stories of other people with diabetes Summary of contents: Topics covered range from `how your body works’ to `sweets, treats and ice-cream’ and from `insulin injection technique’ to `long-term complications’ and any number of subjects in-between: Getting to grips with and caring for your own diabetes Background on diabetes and your body Blood glucose and hypoglycaemia Insulin treatment and monitoring your diabetes Nutrition, weight control and exercise Smoking, alcohol, pregnancy and social issues Travel tips Complications Research and new developments Psychology and needle-phobia Well-known people with diabetes

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction 2. Getting to grips with diabetes 3. Caring for your own diabetes 4. Diabetes: some background 5. How your body works 6. High blood glucose levels 7. Regulation of blood glucose 8. Hypoglycaemia 9. Treating hypogylcaemia 10. Insulin treatment 11. Monitoring 12. The HbA1c test 13. Injection technique 14. Injection equipment 15. Adjusting insulin doses 16. Insulin pumps 17. Side effects of insulin treatment 18. Insulin requirements 19. Nutrition 20. Sweeteners 21. Sweets, treats and ice cream 22. Weight control 23. Eating disorders 24. Physical exercise 25. Stress 26. Fever and sick days 27. Smoking 28. Alcohol 29. Illegal drugs 30. Pregnancy and sexual issues 31. Social issues 32. Travel tips 33. Associated diseases 34. Complications in blood vessels 35. Lowering the risk of complications 36. Research and new developments 37. Psychology 38. Needle phobia 39. Well-known people with diabetes

About the Author :
Dr Ragnar Hanas is Consultant Paediatrician at Uddevalla Hospital in Sweden, specialising in diabetes. He is Secretary General of the International Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD), and co-editor of the 2009 ISPAD Clinical Practice Guidelines.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781859593370
  • Publisher: Class Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Class Publishing
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 432
  • Spine Width: 22 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1859593372
  • Publisher Date: 01 Oct 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 840 gr


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