The Diabetes Sourcebook Book

	Foreword	xi
	Acknowledgments	xiii
	Introduction	xv
Chapter 1.	What Kind of Diabetes Do You Have?	1
	A bit of history	2
	Types of diabetes	3
	Problems associated with diabetes	9
Chapter 2.	Who Gets This Disease?	11
	Early forms of diabetes	13
	Gestational diabetes	13
	Secondary types of diabetes	14
	Causes of diabetes	14
Chapter 3.	How Is Diabetes Treated?	21
	Differences in treatment for children and adults	22
	Acute care	26
	Management of Type 1 diabetes	27
	Management of Type 2 diabetes	30
	Special management needs	31
Chapter 4.	Educating Yourself About Diabetes	35
	Levels of education	36
	Choosing an education program	39
	How can education help you?	40
Chapter 5.	Meal Planning	41
	Basic eating guidelines	42
	Baseline meal planning	46
	Special needs	51
Chapter 6.	Diabetes Medication	55
	Oral agents	56
	Insulin	64
	Methods of insulin delivery	70
Chapter 7.	What Is Important About Exercise?	85
	Benefits of exercise	85
	Precautions in exercising	88
	The "exercise prescription"	92
Chapter 8.	What About Hygiene?	95
	Dental care	95
	Skin care	97
	Foot care	98
	Eye care	101
	Sexually related hygiene	103
Chapter 9.	How Is Diabetes Monitored?	107
	Frequency of testing	108
	What to test	109
	Using information from testing	113
	Testing supplies and equipment	116
	Summary	124
Chapter 10.	Possible Complications of Diabetes	127
	Acute complications	128
	Intermediate complications	134
	Chronic complications	137
Chapter 11.	How Do You Adjust to Having Diabetes?	145
	Reacting to the diagnosis	145
	Family support	150
Chapter 12.	How Stress Affects Diabetes	151
	Acute response	152
	Chronic response	152
	Other responses	153
	Stress management	154
Chapter 13.	Helping Your Health-Care Team to Help You	161
	Program management	161
	Record keeping	162
	Reporting	165
Chapter 14.	Helping Your Family and Friends	167
	Increasing their understanding	167
	Gaining their support	168
	Grieving	170
Chapter 15.	What Is Being Done to Conquer Diabetes and Improve Its Management?	171
	Transplants	171
	Artificial transplants	174
	New treatments	176
	Finding the cause	179
	Update for management of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes	181
	Funding for research	183
	Appendices	185
A	Food Questionnaire	185
B	Recommended Dietary Allowances	191
C	American Diabetes Association Exchange Lists	197
D	Points in Nutrition	229
E	Restaurant Guide	233
F	Metabolic (MET) Levels of Activities	245
G	Some Calorie/Exercise Expenditures	249
H	Diabetes Resources	253
I	American Diabetes Association Regional and State Offices	259
J	Summer Camps for Children with Diabetes	267
K	Glossary of Diabetes-Related Terms	275
L	Diabetes Related Web Sites	293
	Bibliography	295
	Index	303