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Your Diabetes

Your Diabetes

If you have diabetes, or are a carer or relative with someone with diabetes, it is important to understand how to manage diabetes and what care you should expect to receive throughout your life.

Effective treatment and life style interventions are essential to help reduce the risks of developing long term complications of diabetes including heart attack, stroke or problems with your eyes or feet.

In this section you will find information, guidance and explanations on how to best manage your diabetes.

It includes sections on managing your diabetes day by day, explanations on types of diabetes and includes healthy eating guidelines. 

Also included are sections on specific areas of diabetes management including driving, pregnancy and management of hypoglycaemia.