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Recommendations for
Better Diabetes Control
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Follow the advice of your
healthcare professional.
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Follow the exercise and meal
plans recommended by your
healthcare professional.
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Take insulin or diabetes medication
at your scheduled times.
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Keep in touch with your emotional
and physical condition. Stress or
illness can affect diabetes.
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Watch for symptoms of hypo-
glycemia (low blood glucose) and
hyperglycemia (high blood glucose).
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Review your logbook of test
results with your healthcare
professional regularly.
References
1. American Diabetes Association position state-
ment on the Diabetes Control and Complications
Trial (1993).
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(1987), 622-628.
3. Surwit, R.S., and Feinglos, M.N.: Diabetes
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Company (1994), 959.
5. Krall, L.P., and Beaser, R.S.: Joslin Diabetes
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138.
6. LifeScan data on file.
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3, No. 2 (1986), 100.
8. Cohen, F.E., et al.: Diabetes Care, Vol. 9, No. 3
(1986), 320-322.
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