Most people are aware of the long-term complications associated with diabetes, including heart disease, kidney disease, eye disease and nerve damage. However, there are short-term complications that can be dangerous and even life-threatening.
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Diabetes and lifestyle: Everyday choices to support better health
Managing diabetes is about more than medications or blood sugar readings. Diabetes and lifestyle go hand in hand.
Diabetes and smoking—what you need to know
Diabetes and smoking are two conditions that make each other more difficult to manage. This ‘double hit’ greatly increases your risk of heart attacks and strokes, among many other health problems.
What are the recommended blood sugar targets for people with diabetes?
Keeping your blood sugar levels in their target ranges is very important. When blood sugar levels drop too low, this results in hypoglycemia, which can make you feel light-headed, nauseous and unable to concentrate.
Recommended vaccines for people with diabetes
Vaccines are an important way for everyone to stay healthy. They decrease the risk of getting sick, and if you do get sick the illness will be less severe. Vaccines are especially important for people with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes
Continuous glucose monitoring: seeing is believing
Can you guess the exact weight of something without a scale? The same applies to guessing what your glucose (sugar) level might be at any given time of the day. However, continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices make the invisible, visible.
