Women's Health with Daibetes

Women and Diabetes:

Diabetes is a serious illness that affects over 20 million people in the United States. Diabetes can be controlled by maintaining a healthy diet, exercising, and using medicines, insulin, and devices every day.

Food Safety for People with Diabetes:

Food safety is important for everyone.

It is designed to provide practical guidance on how to reduce your risk of food-borne illness.

In addition to this guide, we encourage you to check with your physician or health care provider to identify foods and other products that you should avoid.

Four Basic Steps to Food Safety:

1. Clean             :  Wash hands and surfaces often.

2. Separate         :  Don’t cross-contaminate.

3. Cook             : Cook to safe temperatures.

4. Chill              : Refrigerate promptly.

Your Glucose Meter:

Glucose meters test and record how much sugar (called glucose) is in your blood. 

They help you track your blood sugar level at different times during the day and night.

Meters can help you know how well your diabetes medicines are working. 

They can also help you learn how the food you eat and your physical activity can change your blood sugar level.

Diabetes Treatments:

Some people with diabetes need to take diabetes medicines or insulin to help keep their blood sugar at a healthy level in women's health

Diabetes can make it hard to control how much sugar (called glucose) is in your blood.

Do not wait. Diabetes is a serious illness.

Diabetes can cause a heart attack, stroke, blindness, kidney disease, nerve damage, and other serious health problems. 

This is why it is so important for you to get treatment for your diabetes. Treatment can help prevent or slow some of these serious health problems.

Diabetes Medicines:

Medicines are most often used to treat type 2 diabetes. The brand names and other names are given for each drug. There are also some general tips about each kind of diabetes medicine.

Diabetes and Pregnancy :

Some women develop diabetes for the first time when they become pregnant. This is called gestational (jes-Tay-shun-ul) diabetes. Other women have diabetes before they get pregnant.