Living Healthy With Diabetes
You are a person living with diabetes. The good news is that even though you have diabetes, you can live a healthy life by keeping your blood sugar levels within a prescribed target range. Chronic high blood sugar puts you at risk for complications such as impaired vision, cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, and foot ulcers. Low blood sugar can give you headaches, make you dizzy and tired and in cases of extreme low blood sugar, you can pass out. By learn using your blood sugar monitor on a daily basis and acting on the results, you can reduce the risk of complications from diabetes. Keep track of what your A1C levels are. Your A1C levels give you a good indication of whether your blood sugar levels have been in target range for the past three months. If you have any questions regarding managing your blood sugar levels, talk to a member of your heath care team. We all want you to stay healthy.
