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Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high. It affects about 37 million Americans, including adults and youth. Diabetes can damage the eyes, kidneys, nerves, and heart, and it is linked to some types of cancer.
But there’s also good news: Taking charge of your health by managing your blood glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol levels.
Research shows that managing your diabetes as soon as possible after diagnosis may help prevent diabetes health problems. You can start by managing your diabetes ABCs.
A is for the A1C test that health care professionals use to measure your average blood glucose levels. Some people with diabetes also use devices to track their blood glucose throughout the day and night.
B is for blood pressure.
C is for cholesterol.
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Finding out you have diabetes can feel overwhelming. This is particularly true for those newly diagnosed with the Type 2 form of the disease, which tends to occur later in life and is by far the most common form of diabetes.
Approximately 1.4 million people are diagnosed with diabetes each year in the United States alone. So, if you’ve been recently diagnosed – you’re not alone. Still, your diagnosis is going to change things.
Suddenly, your daily routine is vastly different than it was the day before you were diagnosed. Now, you must carefully monitor what you eat and make important lifestyle changes. One aspect of diabetes that often proves to be a difficult adjustment is the need to test blood sugar multiple times each day.
Adjusting to Life with Diabetes
Pricking your finger with a lancet; learning to use a glucose meter and test strips; and logging blood sugar readings are not daily responsibilities most people have to worry about. But as someone newly diagnosed with diabetes, daily testing is an extremely important part of managing your condition. It’s also one that adds a whole new list of expenses to your budget.
Put it all together and it can be frustrating. A diabetic starter kit can help. Starter kits include all the testing supplies you need (glucose meter, test strips, lancet, lancing device, logbooks, alcohol swabs, even carrying cases) in one convenient package.
We have put together some diabetic starter kits for those that are new to diabetes. We want to ensure that you have all the stock you need when it comes to testing your glucose levels. Seeing as test strips are meant to be used with compatible meter kits, it helps to start out with a great kit.
At Grace Medical Clinic, we help you pull together a variety of diabetes starter kits from leading manufacturers. Our mission is to make controlling blood sugar and managing diabetes as easy as possible for our patients. If you’ve been newly diagnosed, a diabetic starter kit is a great way to get into the swing of things and kick start a healthy diabetes lifestyle.