Recommendations For Better Diabetes Control - Lifescan SureStep blood glucose monitoring system Owner's Booklet

Recommendations for
Better Diabetes Control
Follow the advice of your
healthcare professional.
Follow the exercise and meal
plans recommended by your
healthcare professional.
Take insulin or diabetes medication
at your scheduled times.
Keep in touch with your emotional
and physical condition. Stress or
illness can affect diabetes.
Watch for symptoms of hypo-
glycemia (low blood glucose) and
hyperglycemia (high blood glucose).
Review your logbook of test
results with your healthcare
professional regularly.
References
1. American Diabetes Association position state-
ment on the Diabetes Control and Complications
Trial (1993).
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(1987), 622-628.
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Ashwood, E.R. (ed.), Tietz Textbook of Clinical
Chemistry. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders
Company (1994), 959.
5. Krall, L.P., and Beaser, R.S.: Joslin Diabetes
Manual. Philadelphia: Lea and Febiger (1989),
138.
6. LifeScan data on file.
7. Wickham, N.W.R., et al.: Practical Diabetes, Vol.
3, No. 2 (1986), 100.
8. Cohen, F.E., et al.: Diabetes Care, Vol. 9, No. 3
(1986), 320-322.
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