Table
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Preface |
xiii |
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PART I |
UNDERSTANDING DIABETES |
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Chapter 1 |
What is Diabetes? |
3 |
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Chapter 2 |
How the Body Processes Glucose |
7 |
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Section 2.1 |
The Pancreas and Insulin |
8 |
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Section 2.2 |
The Liver, Ketones,
and Blood Sugar |
11 |
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Chapter 3 |
Who Gets Diabetes? |
13 |
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Section 3.1 |
Diabetes Prevalence in America |
14 |
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Section 3.2 |
Groups Especially Affected by
Diabetes |
18 |
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Section 3.3 |
Prevalence of Diabetes Complications |
21 |
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Chapter 4 |
Type 1 Diabetes |
25 |
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Chapter 5 |
Insulin Resistance and Prediabetes |
37 |
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Chapter 6 |
Type 2 Diabetes |
45 |
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Chapter 7 |
Gestational Diabetes |
57 |
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Chapter 8 |
Other Types of Diabetes Mellitus |
65 |
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Chapter 9 |
Diabetes Insipidus |
69 |
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PART II |
IDENTIFYING AND MANAGING
DIABETES |
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Chapter 10 |
Diabetes: Assessing Your Risk |
75 |
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Chapter 11 |
Metabolic Syndrome Increases Diabetes
Risk |
79 |
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Chapter 12 |
Tests Used to Diagnose Diabetes |
85 |
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Section 12.1 |
Blood Glucose Test |
86 |
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Section 12.2 |
Glucose Tolerance Test |
91 |
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Section 12.3 |
Urine Glucose Test |
94 |
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Chapter 13 |
The Diabetes Treatment Team |
97 |
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Chapter 14 |
Diabetes Control: Why it’s Important |
105 |
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Chapter 15 |
Glucose Monitoring |
109 |
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Section 15.1 |
What is Blood Glucose Monitoring? |
110 |
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Section 15.2 |
Glucose Meters |
112 |
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Section 15.3 |
Goals for Blood Glucose Control |
117 |
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Section 15.4 |
When to Test Blood Glucose and How to
Avoid Inaccuracies |
118 |
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Section 15.5 |
Continuous Glucose Monitoring |
120 |
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Chapter 16 |
Routine Medical Examinations and
Recommended Vaccinations |
123 |
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Section 16.1 |
Recommended Diabetes Tests and
Checkups |
124 |
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Section 16.2 |
A1c Testing |
126 |
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Section 16.3 |
Ketone Testing |
128 |
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Section 16.4 |
Microalbumin and Microalbumin/Creatinine Ratio Testing |
129 |
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Section 16.5 |
Glomerular Filtration
Rate Testing |
133 |
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Section 16.6 |
Recommended Vaccinations for Diabetes |
136 |
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PART III |
MEDICATIONS AND DIABETES CARE |
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Chapter 17 |
Diabetes Medicines: What You Need to Know |
141 |
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Chapter 18 |
Oral Diabetes Medications |
147 |
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Chapter 19 |
Injectable
Non-Insulin Diabetes Medications |
157 |
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Chapter 20 |
Insulin Basics |
161 |
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Chapter 21 |
Types of Insulin |
165 |
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Chapter 22 |
Administering Insulin Correctly |
169 |
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Section 22.1 |
Determining the Correct Dosage |
170 |
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Section 22.2 |
How to Give an Insulin Injection |
175 |
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Chapter 23 |
External Insulin Pumps |
177 |
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Chapter 24 |
Emerging and Alternative Insulin
Delivery Systems |
181 |
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Section 24.1 |
Insulin Inhalers |
182 |
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Section 24.2 |
Insulin Pens |
184 |
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Section 24.3 |
Insulin Pills |
186 |
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Chapter 25 |
Tight Diabetes Control (Intensive
Insulin Therapy) |
189 |
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Chapter 26 |
Avoiding Drug Interactions with
Diabetes Medications |
193 |
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Chapter 27 |
New Diabetes Drugs |
201 |
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Section 27.1 |
Incretins: Byetta, Symlin, and Januvia |
202 |
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Section 27.2 |
Dapagliflozin |
204 |
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Section 27.3 |
Rituximab |
206 |
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Chapter 28 |
Aspirin Therapy for Diabetics |
209 |
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Chapter 29 |
Alternative and Complementary
Therapies for Diabetes |
213 |
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Section 29.1 |
Dietary Supplements |
214 |
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Section 29.2 |
Chinese Herbal Medicine |
218 |
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PART IV |
DIETARY AND OTHER LIFESTYLE
ISSUES IMPORTANT FOR DIABETES CONTROL |
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Chapter 30 |
Diabetes Meal Planning |
223 |
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Section 30.1 |
Meal Planning: An Overview |
224 |
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Section 30.2 |
Diabetes Food Pyramid |
229 |
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Section 30.3 |
Carbohydrate Counting |
237 |
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Section 30.4 |
Exchange Lists |
241 |
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Section 30.5 |
The Plate Method |
243 |
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Chapter 31 |
Components of the Diabetic Diet |
247 |
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Chapter 32 |
Alcohol and Tobacco can Increase
Diabetes Problems |
261 |
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Section 32.1 |
Alcohol and Diabetes: A Dangerous Mix |
262 |
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Section 32.2 |
Smoking and Diabetes |
264 |
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Chapter 33 |
Physical Activity and Diabetes |
269 |
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Chapter 34 |
Weight Management and Diabetes |
277 |
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Chapter 35 |
Diabetes and Daily Challenges |
281 |
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Section 35.1 |
Driving |
282 |
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Section 35.2 |
Eating Out |
285 |
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Section 35.3 |
Sick Days |
288 |
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Section 35.4 |
Sleep Problems |
291 |
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Section 35.5 |
Depression |
293 |
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Section 35.6 |
Stress |
297 |
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Section 35.7 |
Traveling |
301 |
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Chapter 36 |
Diabetes in the Workplace: Know Your Rights |
305 |
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Chapter 37 |
Emergency Situations |
317 |
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Section 37.1 |
Diabetes Emergencies |
318 |
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Section 37.2 |
Importance of Wearing a Medical Alert
Bracelet |
325 |
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PART V |
COMPLICATIONS
OF DIABETES AND CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS |
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Chapter 38 |
How to Prevent Diabetes Complications |
329 |
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Section 38.1 |
Controlling Glucose, Blood Pressure,
and Cholesterol to Prevent Diabetes Complications |
330 |
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Section 38.2 |
Things You can do to Prevent Diabetes
Complications |
331 |
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Chapter 39 |
Diabetes-Related Eye Disease |
335 |
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Chapter 40 |
Diabetes-Related Foot and Skin
Disease |
339 |
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Chapter 41 |
Diabetes-Related Heart Disease,
Vascular Disease, and Stroke |
345 |
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Chapter 42 |
Diabetes-Related Kidney Disease |
351 |
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Chapter 43 |
Diabetes and Kidney Failure |
357 |
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Section 43.1 |
Kidney Failure in Diabetes |
358 |
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Section 43.2 |
Steps to Prevent Diabetic Kidney
Failure |
365 |
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Section 43.3 |
Kidney Failure: Choosing a Treatment That’s Right for You |
369 |
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Chapter 44 |
Diabetes-Related Sexual and Urologic
Problems |
385 |
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Chapter 45 |
Diabetes-Related Tooth and Gum
Disease |
393 |
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Chapter 46 |
Diabetic Neuropathies |
397 |
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Chapter 47 |
Gastroparesis |
407 |
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Chapter 48 |
Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar
Syndrome |
413 |
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Chapter 49 |
Hypoglycemia |
417 |
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Chapter 50 |
Ketoacidosis |
429 |
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Chapter 51 |
Osteoporosis and Diabetes |
435 |
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Chapter 52 |
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and
Diabetes |
439 |
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PART VI |
DIABETES
IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS |
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Chapter 53 |
Diabetes in Children |
449 |
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Section 53.1 |
Dealing with Your Child’s Diagnosis
of Diabetes |
450 |
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Section 53.2 |
Managing Diabetes from Childhood
through the Teen Years |
452 |
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Section 53.3 |
School and Diabetes: Advice for Teens |
458 |
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Section 53.4 |
Celebrating Special Occasions |
461 |
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Section 53.5 |
Surviving Children’s Sick Days |
463 |
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Section 53.6 |
Weight and Diabetes in Children |
467 |
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Chapter 54 |
Diabetes and Pregnancy |
471 |
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Chapter 55 |
Diabetes in the Elderly |
487 |
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Section 55.1 |
Diabetes in Seniors: An Overview |
488 |
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Section 55.2 |
Particular Diabetes Management
Challenges for Seniors |
492 |
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PART VII |
NEW RESEARCH IN DIABETES CARE |
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Chapter 56 |
Diabetes Yesterday, Today, and
Tomorrow |
497 |
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Chapter 57 |
Diabetes Control and Prevention
Studies |
505 |
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Section 57.1 |
Diabetes Control and Complications
Trial and Follow-Up Study |
506 |
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Section 57.2 |
Diabetes Prevention Program |
512 |
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Chapter 58 |
Genetic Risk for Type 2 Diabetes: Recent Research Advances |
519 |
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Chapter 59 |
Stem Cell Research |
529 |
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Section 59.1 |
Stem Cell Breakthrough Offers
Diabetes Hope |
530 |
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Section 59.2 |
Stem Cells Crucial to Diabetes Cure
in Mice |
532 |
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Chapter 60 |
Pancreatic Islet Transplantation |
535 |
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Chapter 61 |
Artificial Pancreas |
541 |
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Chapter 62 |
Clinical Trials and Diabetes |
545 |
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Section 62.1 |
What You Need to Know About Clinical
Trials |
546 |
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Section 62.2 |
Clinical Research in Diabetes |
553 |
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PART VIII |
ADDITIONAL
HELP AND INFORMATION |
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Chapter 63 |
Glossary of Terms Related to Diabetes |
557 |
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Chapter 64 |
Recipes for People with Diabetes and
Their Families |
567 |
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Chapter 65 |
Financial Help for Diabetes Care |
587 |
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Chapter 66 |
Directory of Diabetes-Related
Resources |
599 |
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Index |
605 |
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