Diabetes Prevention Series

Keep your diabetes under control
Helps patients learn interactively about blood sugar management with a comprehensive chart to record blood sugar, meals, and medicines. Also includes checklists to help patients get the most out of their health care visits, as well as a page to record the addresses and phone numbers of health care providers.
*pdf version (611 KB)

En Español
Cómo prevenir los problemas de la diabetes: Controle la diabetes
**la versión de pdf (746 KB)

Keep your heart and blood vessels healthy
Descibes the role of the heart and blood vessels. Details the damage diabetes can cause to the heart and blood vessels and explains how to prevent and treat these complications.
*pdf version (763 KB)

En Español
Cómo prevenir los problemas de la diabetes: Mantenga sanos el corazón y los vasos sanguíneos
**la versión de pdf (803 KB)

Keep your kidneys healthy
Describes kidney function and then kidney damage as a complication of diabetes. Explains and illustrates how to prevent kidney problems, test for kidney damage, and treat kidney disease.
*pdf version (812 KB)

En Español
Cómo prevenir los problemas de la diabetes: Mantenga sanos los riñones
**la versión de pdf (695 KB)

Keep your eyes healthy
Defines and illustrates the different parts of the eye and the various forms of eye damage that can result from diabetes. Also teaches patients how to prevent or delay eye damage from diabetes.
*pdf version (567 KB)

En Español
Cómo prevenir los problemas de la diabetes: Mantenga los ojos sanos
**la versión de pdf (642 KB)

Keep your feet and skin healthy
Discusses how diabetes can lead to feet and skin problems. Illustrates the different foot problems that can occur and teaches people how to care for their feet and skin to prevent these complications.
*pdf version (814 KB)

En Español
Cómo prevenir los problemas de la diabetes: Mantenga los pies y la piel sanos
**la versión de pdf (784 KB)

Keep your nervous system healthy
Provides information on and detailed illustrations of the various parts of the nervous system and explains how uncontrolled diabetes can damage these individual components. Also explains how to prevent and treat these problems.
*pdf version (1.8 MB)

En Español
Cómo prevenir los problemas de la diabetes: Mantenga sano el sistema nervioso
**la versión de pdf (1.1 MB)

Keep your teeth and gums healthy
Teaches people how diabetes can damage teeth and gums and how this damage can be prevented. Focuses on proper dental care and frequent dental visits.
*pdf version (697 KB)

En Español
Cómo prevenir los problemas de la diabetes: Mantenga los dientes y las encías sanos
**la versión de pdf (584 KB)

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