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Diabetes information for teens : health tips about managing diabetes and preventing related complications including information about insulin, glucose control, healthy eating, physical activity, and learning to live with diabetes / edited by Sandra Augustyn Lawton.

1st ed.

Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, ©2006.

xiii, 410 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

"Provides basic consumer health information for teens on diabetes, treatment methods, and coping strategies. Includes index, resource information and recommendations for further reading"--Provided by publisher.

Teen health series

Teen health series.

Diabetes.

Diabetes in adolescence.

Diabetes -- Complications -- Prevention.

Lawton, Sandra Augustyn.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-388) and index.

pt. I. Basic information about diabetes -- 1. Diabetes overview -- 2. Type 1 diabetes -- 3. Type 2 diabetes -- 4. Gestational diabetes -- 5. Diabetes in African Americans -- 6. Diabetes in Hispanic Americans -- 7. Diabetes in Asian and Pacific Islander Americans -- 8. Diabetes in American Indians and Alaska Natives -- 9. Genetics and diabetes -- 10. Can diabetes be prevented? -- 11. How do doctors diagnose diabetes? -- 12. Diabetes statistics -- pt. II. Diabetes treatment and management -- 13. Your diabetes health care team -- 14. Taking care of your diabetes every day -- 15. Glucose meters and diabetes management -- 16. Other diabetes management tests -- 17. Standard diabetes control versus tight control -- 18. Medicines for people with diabetes -- 19. The basic facts about insulin -- 20. Insulin delivery methods -- 21. Tips for site rotation for insulin injections -- 22. How to throw out used insulin syringes and lancets -- 23. Insulin pumps -- 24. The future of insulin -- 25. Pancreatic islet transplantation -- pt. III. Diabetes and related health concerns -- 26. Hypoglycemia -- 27. Hyperglycemia -- 28. Eye problems caused by diabetes -- 29. Foot and skin problems caused by diabetes -- 30. Tooth and gum problems caused by diabetes -- 31. Kidney problems caused by diabetes -- 32. Nerve problems caused by diabetes -- 33. Heart and blood vessel problems caused by diabetes -- 34. Sexual and urologic problems of diabetes -- 35. Diabetes and eating disorders -- 36. Diabetes and alcohol use -- 37. Diabetes and tobacco use -- pt. IV. Day-to-day living with diabetes -- 38. Eating and diabetes -- 39. Eating out when you have diabetes -- 40. Stay at a healthy weight to improve blood sugar levels and prevent diabetes complications -- 41. Physical activity and diabetes -- 42. Athletes and diabetes -- 43. Diabetes and sports nutrition -- 44. Driving when you have diabetes -- 45. Travel tips for people with diabetes -- 46. Diabetes at school -- 47. Getting ready for college when you have diabetes -- 48. Education and your legal rights as a student with diabetes -- 49. Diabetes at work -- 50. Dealing with sick days -- 51. Be prepared to handle diabetes in an emergency or natural disaster -- pt. V. Coping with feelings and relationships -- 52. The emotional challenge of diabetes -- 53. Depression and diabetes -- 54. Diabetes burnout and getting back on track -- 55. Diabetes and relationships -- 56. Keeping your self-esteem -- 57. Become a diabetes self-advocate -- pt. VI. If you need more information -- 58. Additional reading about diabetes -- 59. Directory of diabetes resources.

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