MANAGING DIABETES AND ITS COMPLICATIONS

MANAGEMENT

There is presently no cure for diabetes but you can live a healthy life by following a life-long self-care plan. Diabetes management depends largely on satisfactory blood glucose control. The diabetes self-care plan is all about achieving and maintaining good control of your diabetes while continuing to live as normal a life as possible.

Studies of people with diabetes show that good blood sugar control helps them to keep healthy and feel good. Your target blood glucose levels should be:

• Diabetes self-care should include:
  • Dietary management
  • Maintaining Healthy Body Weight
  • Regular Exercise
  • Medication
  • Home Blood Glucose Monitoring
  • Preventing Hypoglycaemia and Hyperglycaemia
  • Footcare
  • Managing during special occasions

• COMPLICATIONS

  Diabetes increases the risk for getting:

  • Heart Attack
  • Stroke
  • High Blood Pressure
  • Kidney disease and kidney failure
  • Eye disease, including blindness
  • Nerve Damage
  • Poor Blood Circulation in the Feet
  • Gangrene and amputation