What You Need to Know about Diabetes — A Short Guide

This completely revised Joslin bestseller is an easy-to-read and understand, yet comprehensive resource for those with diabetes. An excellent first resource for one newly diagnosed, and it is appropriate for those with either type 1 or 2. Concisely and clearly covers the basics of diabetes care, including nutrition, monitoring, oral medications, insulin, physical activity, hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, sick days and travel. 64 pages.

What You Need To Know is an excellent first resource for a newly diagnosed patient, and it is appropriate for those with either type 1 or 2. With illustrations on almost every page, this book concisely and clearly covers the basics of diabetes care, including nutrition, monitoring, insulin injections (with easy-to-follow drawings), exercising, special problems, sick day rules and traveling. It also discusses the importance of the A1c test for maintaining tight control of diabetes, oral medications for those who may be taking them, standards of care charts to explain what tests one who has diabetes should be getting each year, and much more.

Item#: JDC 210

Price: $11.50