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Type 2 diabetes in adults of all ages : how to become an expert on your own diabetes /
This book will tell the reader everything they need to know about type 2 diabetes. Topics covered include monitoring, medication, healthy eating, exercise, illness, smoking, travel, blood glucose levels, and managing hypogycaemia.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Class,
2007.
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| Colección: | Class health.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Getting to grips with diabetes; 3 Caring for your own diabetes; 4 Diabetes: some background; 5 How your body works; 6 Regulation of blood glucose; 7 High blood glucose levels; 8 Nutrition; 9 Weight control; 10 Exercise; 11 Monitoring; 12 Glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c); 13 Tablets for lowering blood sugar; 14 Insulin treatment; 15 Administering insulin; 16 Changing insulin requirements; 17 Side effects and problems with insulin treatment; 18 Hypoglycaemia; 19 Treating hypoglycaemia; 20 Stress; 21 Coping with sickness
- 22 Type 2 diabetes and younger people23 Smoking; 24 Alcohol and other substances; 25 Sexual problems and Type 2 diabetes; 26 Pregnancy and diabetes; 27 Social and employment issues; 28 Travelling with diabetes; 29 Psychological aspects of Type 2 diabetes; 30 Complications of the cardiovascular system; 31 Microvascular complications; 32 Problems with feet; 33 Associated diseases; 34 Type 2 diabetes in later life; 35 Support and information; 36 Out