Hi, and welcome back to Type 1 Diabetes Explained. We know that managing your diabetes is hard. Sometimes it seems impossible to remember every little piece of information that you have to deal with every day. So today we’re going to look at some simple and quick methods to help alleviate some of the stress…
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How Continuous Glucose Monitoring Can Help Control Diabetes
– Hi, I’m Dr. Huhn, and I wanted to describe briefly how we use continuous glucose monitoring in our practice. So, we have an apparatus called an iPro, which is a professional continuous glucose monitor, and it’s a small device that is attached to the skin in patients to be able to monitor their glucose…
How to Control Diabetes
For many, a diabetes diagnosis is a wake-up call. Controlling a case of diabetes is usually a question of managing your blood sugar levels and living an active, health-conscious life. Medications (usually insulin, but sometimes other medications as well) are also used to keep your blood sugar under control and to manage your symptoms. Start…
Managing type 1 diabetes
So, type 1 diabetes is a condition where the body can no longer produce insulin. Insulin is a hormone that controls the level of glucose within the blood. And it’s really important that that level stays within a normal range as much of the time as possible. Because if not, then over time that can…