A comprehensive guide for everyone who liveswith diabetesFriendly and empowering in approach, Diabetes – A practical guide to managing your health is the complete guide to diabetes, offering all the information people need to understand the ondition and manage their lives so they stay in the best of health. The book’s opening section offers authoritative yet easy to understand explanations of what goes wrong in diabetes; the differences between the various types; and the signs and symptoms to look for. The second section, ‘Food, drink, and physical activity’, has a wealth of easy-to-follow advice on diet and exercise, with emphasis on adapting the reader’s existing lifestyle rather than making radical changes. The third section, ‘Controlling your blood glucose’, provides comprehensive information on monitoring blood glucose, using drug treatments (including insulin), and avoiding hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia. In ‘Living with diabetes’, day-to-day essentials such as employment, driving, travel, and accessing healthcare services are covered, as well as special situations such as diabetes during pregnancy and childbirth. The particular concerns of babies, children, and teenagers with diabetes are addressed in their own section, which offers advice to parents and carers and also speaks directly to young readers. A final section, ‘Possible long-term complications’, looks at long-term conditions that are associated with diabetes and gives advice on assessing risk and on how to help prevent problems from developing.