Live with

Learn Diabetes
Cope with your diabetes
What is Diabetes? Eat well
Why take care of diabetes? Be active
Know what to do
everyday

ABCs
A for the A1C test Routine Care
B for Blood Pressure Visit your health care team
C for Cholesterol

“4 STEPS
to Manage Your Diabetes”
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“Learn About Your

Diabetes”
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What is diabetes?
Type 1 Type 2 Type 3

Your body doesn’t Your body doesn’t

make insulin. You need make or use insulin
to take insulin every well. Some women get this
day. kind of diabetes when
they are pregnant.

You have to take diabetes seriously!

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Why take care of your diabetes?
When your blood sugar is close to normal, you are likely to:

• Have more energy

• Be less tired and
thirsty
• Need to pass urine
less often
• Heal better
• Have fewer skin or
bladder infection
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Why take care of your diabetes?
You will also have less chance of having health problems:

• Heart attack or • Eye problem

stroke
• Pain, tingling, or
numbness

• Kidney problem

• Teeth and gum

problem
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“Know Your Diabetes

ABCs”
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A for the A1C

The A1C is a blood test that

measures your average blood
sugar level over the past three
months
The goal is below 7.
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B for the blood pressure

The blood pressure goal for most

people is below 140/90, but it
may be different for you.
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C for the cholesterol

There are two kinds: LDL and HDL.

LDL is “bad cholesterol”, HDL is
“good cholesterol”
The goal is different.
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“Learn How to Live with

Diabetes”
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COPE WITH YOUR DIABETES

• Don’t be stress! • Ask for help.
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EAT WELL

• Make a meal plan.

• Choose food that are lower
in calories, saturated fat,
trans-fat, sugar, and salt.
• Drink water.
• Compose your plate!
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BE ACTIVE

• Set a goal to be more active.

• Increase your muscle
strength.
• Stay or get to a healthy
weight.
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KNOW WHAT TO DO EVERY DAY

• Take your medicine.

• Check your feet.
• Brush your teeth and floss
every day.
• Stop smoking.
• Keep track of your blood
sugar.
• Check your blood pressure.
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TALK TO YOUR HEALTH CARE TEAM.

• Ask your doctor.

• Report any changes.
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“Get Routine Care to Stay

Healthy”
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See your health care team at least twice a year,
At each visit, be sure
you have a: blood
pressure check, foot
check, weight check,
and a review of the
self-care plan.
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At each year, be sure
you have a: cholesterol
Two times a year, test, complete foot
have an: A1C exam, dental exam,
dilated eye exam, flu
shot, & urine and a
blood test.
 Live with
Learn Diabetes
Cope with your diabetes
What is Diabetes? Eat well
Why take care of diabetes? Be active
Know what to do
everyday

ABCs
A for the A1C test Routine Care
B for Blood Pressure Visit your health care team
C for Cholesterol

“THANK YOU”