Type 1 Diabetes For Dummies

ISBN-13: 9780470178119 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 384 str.

Alan L. Rubin

Opis

Whether you have been living with type 1 diabetes for some time, or you have just discovered that your child is diabetic, there's a lot you need to know about the new developments in treating, controlling, and living with this disease. Type 1 Diabetes For Dummies, explains everything you need to know and do to make living with type 1 diabetes easier and healthier. This reassuring, plain-English guide helps you understand and mange the disease with tips on working with your doctor, administering insulin, developing a diet an exercise plan, and coping with illness and travel. You'll find out about the latest technologies of blood glucose monitoring and insulin delivery, and get a handle on everything you need to do to keep yourself or your child healthy, active, and feeling good. Discover how to:

• Overcome short-term complications
• Eat a diabetes-friendly diet
• Use exercise to help control type 1 diabetes
• Handle school, work, and other activities
• Help your child maintain a high quality of life
• Prevent long-term complications
• Be healthier than your friends who don't have diabetes
• Deal with the emotional and psychological effects of the disease
• Choose an insulin pump for yourself or your child
• Calculate insulin dosages

Anyone can live a long, healthy, and productive life with type 1 diabetes. Small Type 1 Diabetes For Dummies delivers every drop of information you need to make sure that you or your child can do just that.

Spis treści

Introduction 1

Part I: Defining Type 1 Diabetes 9

Chapter 1: Dealing with Type 1 Diabetes 11

Chapter 2: Recognizing Type 1 Diabetes 19

Chapter 3: Excluding Other Types of Diabetes 31

Part II: Considering the Consequences of Type 1 Diabetes 43

Chapter 4: Overcoming Short–Term Complications 45

Chapter 5: Preventing Long–Term Complications 61

Chapter 6: Handling Emotional Effects 83

Part III: Treating Type 1 Diabetes 97

Chapter 7: Undergoing Essential Tests and Monitoring Blood Glucose 99

Chapter 8: Eating a Healthy Diet 127

Chapter 9: Exercising to Improve Control of Type 1 Diabetes 151

Chapter 10: Understanding the Basics of Using Insulin 171

Chapter 11: Delivering Insulin with a Pump 193

Chapter 12: Getting a Grip on Other Drugs and Treatments 207

Chapter 13: Surveying Kidney, Pancreas, and Pancreatic Islet Transplants 221

Part IV: Living with Type 1 Diabetes 237

Chapter 14: Adjusting to School, Work, and Other Activities 239

Chapter 15: Managing Illness and Travel 251

Chapter 16: Going through Pregnancy and Menopause 261

Chapter 17: Controlling Type 1 Diabetes in the Elderly 277

Part V: The Part of Tens 291

Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Involve Kids in Their Own Diabetes Care 293

Chapter 19: Ten Commandments for Good Diabetes Management 301

Chapter 20: Ten Myths about Type 1 Diabetes 309

Chapter 21: Ten of the Latest Discoveries in Type 1 Diabetes 317

Part VI: Appendixes 325

Appendix A: Glossary 327

Appendix B: Resources for the Latest Information 335

Index 343

O autorze

Alan L. Rubin, MD, is a physician in private practice and the author of the bestselling Diabetes For Dummies, Diabetes Cookbook For Dummies, and Thyroid For Dummies.

Blurb

The latest on blood glucose monitoring and insulin delivery

Your friendly guide to taking control of type 1 diabetes and living well

Do you have type 1 diabetes or have a child who does? This plain–English, reassuring guide helps you understand and manage the disease, with tips on working with your doctor, administering insulin, developing a diet and exercise plan, and coping with illness and travel. You′ll know just what to do so you or your child can stay healthy and feel good!

THE DUMMIES WAY^®

Explanations in plain English

"Get in, get out" information

Icons and other navigational aids

Online cheat sheet

Top ten lists

A dash of humor and fun

Discover how to:

Overcome short–term complications

Eat a diabetes–friendly diet

Handle school, work, and other activities

Help your child maintain a high quality of life

Prevent long–term complications

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