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What is Diabetes?
Diabetes is an illness that causes sugar levels in your blood to be high Another word for blood sugar is glucose Most of what you eat is changed into glucose during digestion All the cells in your body need glucose to give you energy
Food
Glucose
Cell With Glucose
Your body makes a hormone called insulin Insulin works to keep your blood glucose in the normal range by helping it move from your blood into your cells When you have diabetes, your body does not make insulin, or it does not make enough insulin, or the insulin your body makes does not work right
Type 1 and type 2 diabetes
The most common types of diabetes are type 1 and type 2 In type 1 diabetes, the body does not make insulin Insulin must be taken by injection Type 1 diabetes occurs more often in children and young adults Most people about 9 out of 10 with diabetes have type 2 diabetes Many are adults over the age of 40 years; but the number of children and young adults with type 2 diabetes is rising Three important ways you can help manage your diabetes are by balancing: the food you eat how active you are and, for many people, by taking medicine
Managing blood glucose is important
Over
time, high blood glucose levels can lead to serious health problems with your: eyes heart feet kidneys and nerves
Blood Glucose Goals Plasma Values
Time Before Meals 2 Hours After Meals
postprandial
Check your blood glucose
You can check your own blood glucose with a meter Your doctor or diabetes educator will show you how to check your blood glucose Checking your blo 
od glucose often is one of the best ways to make sure your diabetes-care plan is working The table on this page lists the blood glucose goals recommended for people with diabetes You and your diabetescare team will work together to determine your personal blood glucose goals Write them in the table and save them
For People With Diabetes Less than 110 mg/dL Less than 140 mg/dL 65 or less
Your Goal
A1C
Values for whole blood glucose meter readings are about 10 lower
Please refer to the instruction manual for your glucose meter to determine whether it reports the results as plasma or whole blood glucose Adapted from the American College of Endocrinology ACE Consensus Statement on Guidelines for Glycemic Control Endocrine Practice 2002;8 Suppl 1:S5-S11
Manage your diabetes every day
There is no cure for
diabetes, but you can manage it by taking good care of yourself Your diabetes-care team will help you develop a diabetes-care plan that is right for you If you have any questions, be sure to talk to your healthcare provider
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