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Detect Diabetes
before symptoms- Helps you to live positively with diabetes.
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Document (Personal
Medical Record Book/Chart)- Baseline
History, Clinical Findings, investigations.
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Diagnosis
- (of type of diabetes) and document co-morbid
conditions.
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Daily
Exercise - Plan with
your doctor - according to individual needs.
(A walk a day keeps the Doctor almost
away)
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Discuss with your
doctor- your lifestyle, goals, stress
factors.
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Decide for yourself
regarding your habits - Tobacco,
Alcohol, or any other addictive agents - seek
the help of your doctor to overcome this.
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Declare
war - against untested; unproven, unethical
and exaggerated claims of Quack therapies.which are ad blitzed in
the media - & spread by word of mouth - consult
our doctor and the diabetologist. |
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Drug
Regimen - Short term objectives; long
term plan;Always remember that in type 2 diabetes (Adult type NIDDM)
drugs are to be minimized,regularly reviewed & revised if required
only after assessing all other controllable/correctable factors -
Not on the basis of laboratory reports alone! |
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Drug for type 1 diabetes (IDDM)
- occurring in young people (very very rarely
in older age group) Daily insulin injections is a must. Do
not try any other remedy. It will be dangerous & disastrous.
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Do Not
be complacent - once the initial control
Of diabetes is achieved - plan with your doctor, the long term protocol
for surveillance of your diabetes and enter all important medical,
laboratory data in your Personal
Medical Record Book/Chart. |
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Do your
- annual diabetes surveillance package of
tests with out fail; three monthly (or as directed by your doctor)
tests and enter these in your Personal
Medical Record Book/Chart. |
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Diet
check - should be done scientifically
by the nutritionist once in 3 months - particularly if your diabetes
control is variable and not steady & satisfactory. |
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Don't
Forget - to have a full eye check-up
once a year (or) as your doctor advises. |
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Don't neglect the feet and footwear
- use specialized, custom made MCR or suitable
foot wear in consultation with your doctor. (Link to foot wear images).
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Don't
Neglect - Concurrent infections, dental
problems, etc however minor they may appear. |
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Do not
- chop or change drugs without consulting
your doctor. |
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Demand
- and get a full and quality life despite
diabetes; it is your companion not a disease; it is a disorder
- you can correct it; and co-exist happily and positively.
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Diabetes
- information bullets are meant to hit you
to live - not Maim or kill. |
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Diabetopaedia.com
- is gunning to help you to live positively,
a full life with diabetes. |
