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Recommendations for
Better Diabetes Control
■ Follow the advice of your
healthcare 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 state-
ment 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 determi-
nation in shock.” Annals of Internal Medicine,
Vol. 114 (1991), 1020-1024.
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