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Knowing that one has diabetes is frightening. But one doesn’t need to be frightened. By routine screening, people with diabetes can live long, healthy and happy lives. |
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The present day lifestyle needs to be changed with the inclusion of healthy diet, enhanced physical activity and measures for reducing body weight as a means of averting diabetes in individuals who are in the pre-diabetic stage and thus avoid the diabetes epidemic, which is looming large in India. |
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Treating one’s diabetes is the responsibility of his / her healthcare experts. But the responsibility of tackling diabetes rests with the individual. |
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Self-testing will help one to know his / her blood glucose levels and the effectiveness of one’s plan to manage diabetes. |
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Self-monitoring-of-Blood-glucose helps people with diabetes to accomplish a specific level of glycemic control and thus attain their HbA1c target. |
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| Judicious use of SMBG data can help to improve glycemic control, select an anti-diabetic |
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