Living with Type 1 Diabetes - Softcover

Smith, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847090524 ISBN 13: 9781847090522

Publisher: Sheldon Press, 2010

Synopsis

Diabetes is on the increase in all age groups and is described by the World Health Organisation as an epidemic. The good news is that effective control can greatly improve life expectancy, as well as reducing the risk of complications such as cardiovascular disease, stroke, kidney disease and blindness. This book explains how to tackle type one diabetes in adults and teenagers; it also looks at type two diabetes and explains why the dividing line between types one and two is not always easy to draw. Topics include: Late-onset type one diabetes; Organising your insulin; Pumps and transplants; Type two diabetes and the metabolic syndrome; Why so many more people with type two diabetes now need insulin for control; Managing type two diabetes - keeping the glucose levels down; Diet and weight control; Why you mustn't smoke - and how to stop if you do; Preventing complications; Diabetes in pregnancy

About this title

About the Author:

Tom Smith is one of Sheldon's best and most longstanding authors. A GP based in Scotland, he contributes health columns to a number of newspapers, and broadcasts regularly on radio. Two of his books for Sheldon have received awards from the Association of Medical Journalists.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sheldon Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1847090524
• ISBN 13: 9781847090522
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224