Diabetes at Your Fingertips

The Comprehensive and Medically Accurate Manual Which Tells You All About Your Diabetes and How to Beat it

Peter H. Sonksen, Charles Fox, Sue Judd (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

1998 | 4th Revised edition
Class Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-872362-79-3 (ISBN)

Infos

This fully revised book covering all aspects of living with diabetes gives details of recent advances in equipment, drugs and new forms of insulin. It also contains new sections on exercising, driving, memory loss, skin conditions and intercurrent illnesses.

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This practical handbook makes it easy for you to learn moreabout your diabetes -- and the more you know, the easier itis to manage.Diabetes at your fingertips gives you the knowledge and reassurance you need to live a fulfilled, healthy and happy life. Written by three medical experts, it gives answers to over 450 real questions from people with diabetes. It contains a20-page colour section showing you how to use the latest glucose testing devices, and explains all the medical terms instraightforward English. This book tells you how to deal with your diabetes confidently, and answers the questions youmay feel uneasy about asking your doctor. It also shows you what to do if an emergency occurs.

Autor

Professor Peter Sonksen is Professor of Endocrinology, Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Hospitals' School of Medicine, St Thomas' Hospital, London. Dr Charles Fox is Consultant Physician with special interest in diabetes, Northampton General Hospital. Sue Judd is a former diabetes specialist nurse at St Thomas' Hospital, London.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Diabetes. Chapter 2: Treatment without insulin. Chapter 3: Treatment with insulin. Chapter 4: Monitoring and control. Chapter 5: Life with diabetes. Chapter 6: Sex, contraception and HRT. Chapter 7: Pregnancy. Chapter 8: Diabetes in the young. Chapter 9: Long-term complications. Chapter 10: Research and the future. Chapter 11: Self-help groups. Chapter 12: Emergencies. Glossary. Appendix 1: Blood glucose meters. Appendix 2: Useful publications. Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.6.1998
• Reihe/Serie: At Your Fingertips
• Vorwort: Sir Harry Secombe, Harry Keen
• Zusatzinfo: colour and b&w illustrations, glossary, index
• Verlagsort: Bridgwater
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 148 x 211 mm
• Gewicht: 467 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Diabetologie
• ISBN-10: 1-872362-79-6 / 1872362796
• ISBN-13: 978-1-872362-79-3 / 9781872362793
• Zustand: Neuware