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Diabetes Self Management Patient Education Materials
Table of Contents
Click on any of the links below to access helpful materials on managing all aspects of diabetes that can be printed and given to your patients .
Introductory Information
1. Diabetes Mellitus Type 1
Symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment (e.g., insulin)
2. Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
Symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment (e.g., medications)
3. Women and Diabetes:
Eating and weight, pregnancy, and heart disease
4. Men and Diabetes:
Sexual Issues and employment concerns
5. Diabetes and Your Lifestyle:
Exercise, traveling, employment, sexual issues, and special
considerations for the elderly
General Self-Care (e.g., Blood Glucose, Foot Care)
Blood Glucose
6. Pass This Test:
Testing blood glucose levels
7. Get off the Blood Glucose Rollercoaster:
High/low blood sugar symptoms and treatment
A. TOOL: Blood Sugar Monitoring Log (Oral Meds):
Patient log to record levels
B. TOOL: Blood Sugar Monitoring Log (Insulin Meds):
Patient log to monitor levels
Feet
8. Foot Care for People with Diabetes:
Hygiene, inspection, and when to call your physician
C. TOOL: Foot Care Log
Patient log to record self-inspections and any problem areas
D. TOOL: Injection Sites
Patient log to help rotate injection sites
Exercise
E. TOOL: Planning Your Exercise:
Guide to help patients design an exercise program
F. TOOL: Physical Activity Log:
Patient log to record physical activity
9. Exercise in Disguise
Finding ways to exercise at home and outside of the gym
10. Exercising Like Your Life Depends on It:
Health benefits to exercising
11. Hot Weather Exercise:
Taking extra care when exercising in hot weather
Nutrition/Health
Diet/Weight Loss
12. Managing Type 2 Diabetes through Diet:
Suggestions for balancing your diet
13. Losing Weight When You Have Diabetes:
Weight loss benefits, suggestions to start, and a brief discussion of weight loss drugs
14. The Skinny on Visceral Fat:
Dangers of visceral fat and exercise tips to reduce visceral fat
Meal Planning
G. TOOL: Shopping Guide and Nutrition Tips:
Shopping list and money-saving tips
H. TOOL: Meal Planning Guides
Plate diagrams demonstrating appropriate portions
I. TOOL: Food Log:
Patient log to record food and drink
15. No More Carb Confusion:
Understanding carbs and their effect on blood sugar
Smoking and Alcohol
16. Mixing Alcohol with Diabetes:
What drinking does to your body, and when it is ok
17. Stop Smoking
What smoking does to your body, and tips on quitting
J. TOOL: Sick Day Guidelines
Tips, suggested foods, and patient log to record intake
18. Diabetes and Stress:
Immediate and long-term affects, and tips to manage stress
5. Medical Care Topics / Relation to Other Illnesses
19. Infections and Diabetes:
Explains increased chance for infections
20. Make the DASH to Lower Your Blood Pressure:
Nutrition tips to lower hypertension
Heart Smart
21. Diabetes and Your Heart:
"ABC" numbers and their link to heart disease
22. Heart Smart Medications:
Types of medications to prevent heart problems
23. Young at Heart:
Suggestions to reverse heart disease and tips for heart health
Vascular Disease
24. Microvascular Disease Due to Diabetes:
Discusses increased risk for eye and kidney problems
25. Macrovascular Disease Due to Diabetes:
Discusses increased risk for heart attack and stroke
Kidneys
26. Preserving Kidney Function:
Preserving Kidney function, especially when damage has already occurred
27. Keeping Kidneys Healthy:
Tips for kidney health and some "kidney-protective" meds
28. Nine Ways to Avoid Diabetes Complications:
Overview of tips to manage diabetes (healthy eating, activity, checking feet, etc.)
Other Topics
29. Wake-up Call:
Symptoms of sleep apnea, and the effects of lost sleep