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

• Diabetes Mellitus Type 1: Symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment (e.g., insulin)
• Diabetes Mellitus Type 2: Symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment (e.g., medications)
• Women and Diabetes: Eating and weight, pregnancy, and heart disease
• Men and Diabetes: Sexual Issues and employment concerns
• 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

• Pass This Test: Testing blood glucose levels
• Get off the Blood Glucose Rollercoaster: High/low blood sugar symptoms and treatment
  • Tool: Blood Sugar Monitoring Log (Oral Meds): Patient log to record levels
  • Tool: Blood Sugar Monitoring Log (Insulin Meds): Patient log to monitor levels

Feet

• Foot Care for People with Diabetes: Hygiene, inspection, and when to call your physician
  • Tool: Foot Care Log: Patient log to record self-inspections and any problem areas
  • Tool: Injection Sites: Patient log to help rotate injection sites

Exercise

• Tool: Planning Your Exercise: Guide to help patients design an exercise program
• Tool: Physical Activity Log: Patient log to record physical activity
• Exercise in Disguise: Finding ways toexercise at home and outside of the gym
• Exercising Like Your Life Depends on It: Health benefits to exercising
• Hot Weather Exercise: Taking extra care when exercising in hot weather

Nutrition/Health

Diet/Weight Loss

• Managing Type 2 Diabetes through Diet: Suggestions for balancing your diet
• Losing Weight When You Have Diabetes: Weight loss benefits, suggestions to start, and a brief discussion of weight loss drugs
• The Skinny on Visceral Fat: Dangers of visceral fat and exercise tips to reduce visceral fat

Meal Planning

• Tool: Shopping Guide and Nutrition Tips: Shopping list and money-saving tips
• Tool: Meal Planning Guides: Plate diagrams demonstrating appropriate portions
• Tool: Food Log: Patient log to record food and drink
• No More Carb Confusion: Understanding carbs and their effect on blood sugar

Smoking and Alcohol

• Mixing Alcohol with Diabetes: What drinking does to your body, and when it is ok
• Stop Smoking: What smoking does to your body, and tips on quitting
  • Tool: Sick Day Guidelines: Tips, suggested foods, and patient log to record intake
• Diabetes and Stress: Immediate and long-term affects, and tips to manage stress

Medical Care Topics / Relation to Other Illnesses

• Infections and Diabetes: Explains increased chance for infections
• Make the DASH to Lower Your Blood Pressure: Nutrition tips to lower hypertension

Heart Smart

• Diabetes and Your Heart: "ABC" numbers and their link to heart disease
• Heart Smart Medications: Types of medications to prevent heart problems
• Young at Heart: Suggestions to reverse heart disease and tips for heart health

Vascular Disease

• Microvascular Disease Due to Diabetes: Discusses increased risk for eye and kidney problems
• Macrovascular Disease Due to Diabetes: Discusses increased risk for heart attack and stroke

Kidneys

• Preserving Kidney Function: Preserving Kidney function, especially when damage has already occurred
• Keeping Kidneys Healthy: Tips for kidney health and some "kidney-protective" meds
• Nine Ways to Avoid Diabetes Complications: Overview of tips to manage diabetes (healthy eating, activity, checking feet, etc.)

Other Topics

• Wake-up Call: Symptoms of sleep apnea, and the effects of lost sleep