Getting diagnosed with diabetes can be overwhelming. Our dedicated team of certified diabetes educators teaches you the skills needed to control diabetes for a lifetime. Whether you are newly diagnosed or have had diabetes for years, just got hospitalized, or are pregnant with diabetes, we are 给你.
Research shows that diabetes education helps people prevent, delay, or reverse complications through effective self-management. 我们和 you, your family, and your physician to come up with a plan that can fit 进入你的生活. 点击 Physician Referral Form, print out, and bring to discuss with your physician. If you have been diagnosed with a diabetic ulcer or suffer from chronic wounds, the Washington Center for 伤口愈合 & Hyperbaric Medicine offers advanced care treatment.
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Did you know Alameda County has 100,000 people with diabetes and 33,000 don't even know it? Could you be at risk? Check the following list for your diabetes risk factors:
糖尿病 has now surpassed asthma as the most frequent type of childhood
慢性疾病. One fifth of all eighth-graders have blood sugar issues.
And according to the European Association on the Study of 糖尿病 and
the European Society of Cardiology, two-thirds of people seen for cardiac
problems have diabetes, known or unknown.
糖尿病 is an elevation of sugar (glucose) levels. The world agrees on
these glucose values:
诊断 |
禁食
(8 hours without food or caloric drinks) |
随机
(anytime of the day) |
糖尿病 | 126 mg/dL or higher on 2 occasions | 200 mg/dL or higher |
糖尿病前期
(high risk for type 2) |
100 to 125 mg/dL | 140 to 199 mg/dL |
没有糖尿病 | Less than 100 mg/dL | Less than 140 mg/dL |
You can prevent type 2 diabetes by walking about 25 minutes a day and eating 明智的. Other medications (pioglitizone) can prevent diabetes for high-risk 人口.