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Recommendations for Better
Diabetes Control
■ Follow the advice of your health-
care professional.
■ Follow the exercise and meal plans
recommended by your healthcare
professional.
■ Take insulin or diabetes medication
at your scheduled times.
■ Keep in touch with your emotional
and physical condition. Stress or
illness can affect diabetes.
■ Watch for symptoms of hypo-
glycemia (low blood glucose)
and hyperglycemia (high blood
glucose).
■ Review your logbook of test
results with your healthcare
professional regularly.
References
1. American Diabetes Association position
statement on the Diabetes Control and
Complications Trial (1993).
2. Clarke, W.L., et al.: Diabetes Care, Vol. 10,
No. 5 (1987), 622–628.
3. Surwit, R.S., and Feinglos, M.N.: Diabetes
Forecast (1988), April, 49–51.
4. Sacks, D.B.: “Carbohydrates.” Burtis, C.A., and
Ashwood, E.R. (ed.), Tietz Textbook of Clinical
Chemistry. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders
Company (1994), 959.
5. Krall, L.P., and Beaser, R.S.: Joslin Diabetes
Manual. Philadelphia: Lea and Febiger
(1989), 138.
6. LifeScan data on file.
7. Wickham, N.W.R., et al.: Practical Diabetes,
Vol. 3, No. 2 (1986), 100.
8. Cohen, F.E., et al.: Diabetes Care, Vol. 9, No. 3
(1986), 320–322.
9. Atkin, S.H., et al.: “Fingerstick glucose
determination in shock.” Annals of Internal
Medicine, Vol. 114 (1991), 1020–1024.
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