subject: Diabetes Guidelines - Diabetes Care [print this page] Care your diabetes with proper food, physically active, monitor glucose level, have medicines, control pressure-cholesterol, quit smoking and regular doctor visit.
Food Pyramid | Diabetes diet | Diabetes food
What you eat directly impacts your blood glucose levels. Follow food pyramid for effective diabetes control and blood glucose management. Don"t over eat or skip a mean or delayed food. Never have alcohol drink without food.
Diabetes exercise | Diabetic exercise
Diabetes exercise - increase physical exercise in your daily activity lower your blood glucose level and you feel pleasant physical and mental well being.
Increased physical activity burn extra calories and thus lower blood glucose level, physically body feel flexible and strong and mentally feel relaxed and more alert than before. Physical activity also helps to stop or at-least postpone diabetes complications.
Monitor blood glucose level | SMBG | Hb A1C
Research shows that keeping blood glucose close to normal reduces diabetes complications. For better diabetes care, need to maintain glucose level at target.
Keep your blood glucose at near normal is a must for efficient diabetes care. Thus ever one with diabetes should learn to test their blood glucose level without error using glucose monitor. Blood glucose reading helps to plan proper diabetes treatment and supports to avoid hypoglycemia or ketoacidosis. In long run it helps to stop or postpone diabetes complications.
Diabetes care when sick or illness
Take care of yourself when you are sick, being sick can make your blood glucose go too high.
If sick follow certain guidelines helps to avoid complications
If needed it is advised to have some extra insulin when sugar levels appear uncontrolled,
Have small and frequent easily digestible diet rich in salt and carbohydrates,
Proper treatment is a must to suppress fever and treat infection.
Diabetes care at School
Inform to all staff in school that your child has diabetes and educate them how to handle your child in normal and in emergency situations.
Educate about diabetes treatment to the child and school nurse
Educate about diabetes medication/insulin and diabetes products such as glucose monitor, insulin pen and insulin pump.
Educate the symptoms of hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia and ketoacidosis.
Child should get glucose rich snacks in case of hypoglycemia.
Stock of insulin in case of hyperglycemia.
Educate school nurse and staffs about emergency situations and how to handle the situation safely.
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