Type 1 Diabetes For Dummies
Whether you have been living with type 1 diabetes for some time, or you have just discovered that your child is diabetic, there’s a lot you need to know about the new developments in treating, controlling, and living with this disease. Type 1 Diabetes For Dummies, explains everything you need to know and do to make living with type 1 diabetes easier and healthier. This reassuring, plain-English guide helps you understand and mange the disease with tips on working with your doctor, admin
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Medical Management of Type 1 Diabetes
Featuring a recommended course of diagnosing and treating patients with type 1 diabetes A comprehensive resource for health care professionals that outlines the American Diabetes Association’s recommended course of diagnosing and treating patients with type 1 diabetes. This comprehensive volume provides the basis for individualized, flexible, responsive treatment plans for patients with type 1 diabetes. It includes integrated approaches on blood pressure and lipid g
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Review by Norm de Ploom for Type 1 Diabetes For Dummies
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Dr. Rubin is a practicing endocrinologist and diabetes specialist. Using the familiar “Dummies” format, Dr. Rubin efficiently covers the important information about Type 1 diabetes (or T1DM). He also summarizes relevant comparisons to Type 2 and “LADA” diabetes. Dr. Rubin’s communication style is easy to comprehend. He minimizes medical jargon and explains complex medical processes in plain English.
The book contains an explanation of what diabetes is, the major symptoms, the complications that result from poor management, how to tell the different variations apart, and how treatment regimens differ. He goes through the major options for treatment, including medication and transplants. He covers attention to diet and exercise, which are critical to increasing the quality of life for patients.
He also covers the responsibilities of the diabetes caregiver, including how to minimize the risk of complications. He makes the point that diabetes is really a “family” disease.
Much of the book is oriented towards parents of diabetic children, since a majority of Type 1 patients are children. He devotes significant effort to assuring patients and caregivers that, although diabetes is a serious disease, it is not a death sentence with proper attention and care.
After reading the book, parents of diabetic children, and the patients themselves, at least will have an overview of their responsibilities, and how to seek additional information specific to their situations.
In all, this book is a modest amount of money for a lot of information packed inside. It is certainly a valuable addition to a diabetic’s reference library.
Review by Kim Joo Ho for Medical Management of Type 1 Diabetes
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It seems to be helpful to both diabetes patients and physicians. But I think it is more helpful in doctors or medicine school students who want to know how to take care diabetes patients exactly.
P.S. This 5th edition book doesn’t include any media product(such as CD, DVD) of its contents.