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Diabetes
Diabetes as a disease
What is diabetes?
Symptoms of diabetes
Diagnosing diabetes
Which diabetes type?
Tests in diabetes
Goals of diabetes management
Diabetes in children and the young
Type 1 diabetes
What causes type 1 diabetes?
Diagnosing type 1 diabetes
How is type 1 diabetes managed?
LADA-diabetes
Type 2 diabetes
What causes type 2 diabetes?
Metabolic syndrome
Prevention of type 2 diabetes
Diagnosing type 2 diabetes
How is type 2 diabetes managed?
Medical management of blood sugar in type 2 diabetes
When is type 2 diabetes managed with insulin?
Rarer types of diabetes
MODY and other genetic reasons that cause diabetes
Diabetes caused by another disease
Diabetes and pregnancy
High blood sugar that is first discovered during pregnancy
Pregnancy of a person with diabetes
Contraception for women with diabetes
Pregnancy planning in diabetes
Management of blood sugar during pregnancy
Management of blood pressure during pregnancy with diabetes
Monitoring during pregnancy with diabetes
Labour of a person with diabetes
Management of diabetes after labour
Low blood sugar and insulinshock
Low blood sugar without diabetes
Low blood sugar in diabetes
Is recurring low blood sugar harmful?
Symptoms of low blood sugar
The challenges of recognising low blood sugar
Causes of low blood sugar in diabetes
Prevention of low blood sugar in insulin therapy
Self-management of low blood sugar
Insulinshock and its treatment
High blood sugar and diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)
High blood sugar in diabetes
Symptoms of high blood sugar
Causes of high blood sugar in insulin therapy
Causes for high blood sugar in type 2 diabetes
Investigating high blood sugar
Measuring ketones and acting based on the results
Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)
Diabetes follow-up
What is included in diabetes follow-up?
Blood sugar monitoring
Glucose sensor in diabetes care
Glycated haemoglobin HbA1c in follow-up
What things are monitored in diabetes?
Diabetes and substance use
Alcohol and diabetes
Smoking and diabetes
Snus and diabetes
Drugs and diabetes
Diabetes and traffic safety
Diabetes and driving health
Effect of low blood sugar on driving ability
Practical instructions to traffic in diabetes
Health examination for a driving licence in diabetes
Group 1 driving licence health requirements in diabetes
Group 2 driving licence health requirements in diabetes
When a driving ban can be issued to a person with diabetes
Frequently asked questions about driving licence and diabetes
Complications
Complications
Complications
Diabetes and blood pressure
Elevated blood pressure in diabetes
Low blood pressure in diabetes
Hazards of elevated blood pressure in diabetes
Measuring and monitoring of blood pressure in diabetes
Lifestyle therapy of high blood pressure in diabetes
Blood pressure medication in diabetes
KELA reimbursement of blood pressure medication in diabetes
Diabetes and lipid disorders
Lipid disorders in diabetes
Blood lipid goals in diabetes
Lifestyle therapy of lipid disorders in diabetes
Medication in lipid disorders
Diabetes and fatty liver
Fatty liver disease in diabetes
Liver's functions
How is fatty liver disease diagnosed?
General hazards of fatty liver disease
Effect of fatty liver disease on diabetes and its care
Treatment of fatty liver disease in diabetes
Diabetes and cardiovascular diseases
Cardiovascular diseases in diabetes
Coronary artery disease in diabetes
Heart failure in diabetes
Atrial fibrillation in diabetes
Cerebrovascular disorders in diabetes
Peripheral artery disease in diabetes
Diabetes and kidneys
Kidney diseases in diabetes
Diabetic kidney disease
Prevention of diabetic kidney disease
Diagnosing diabetic kidney disease
Examinations in diabetic kidney disease
General treatment of diabetic kidney disease
Nutritional therapy in diabetic kidney disease
Dialysis in diabetes
Kidney transplantation in diabetes
Kidney failure and medications
Diabetes and eyes
Blurred vision at the time of diabetes diagnosis
Iritis and diabetes
Cataract and diabetes
Corneal erosion and diabetes
Diabetic retinopathy
Rehabilitation of eye diseases in diabetes
Frequently asked questions about diabetes and eyes
Diabetes and the nervous system
Nerve damage in diabetes
Diabetes and damage in peripheral nervous system
Diabetes and autonomic nervous system
Damage of small nerve fibers in diabetes
Treatment of nerve pain in diabetes
Diabetes and feet
Foot problems in diabetes
Factors that predispose to foot problems in diabetes
Factors that cause foot problems in diabetes
Prevention of foot ulcers in diabetes
Examination of feet
Risk foot in diabetes
Joint disease related to diabetic nerve damage - Charcot
Other foot problems in diabetes
Diabetes and oral health
Problems with oral health in diabetes
Tooth decay in diabetes
Oral soft tissues inflammation in diabetes
Periodontal disease aka periodontitis in diabetes
Oral fungal infection in diabetes
Diabetes and sleeping disorders
Sleeping disorders in diabetes
Tips for good sleep in diabetes
Diabetes and sexual health
Sexual health in diabetes
What may predispose to problems in sexual life?
Diseases more common in diabetes
Diabetes and autoimmune diseases
Diabetes and thyroid
Diabetes and coeliac disease
Diabetes and adrenal gland failure
Diabetes and musculoskeletal diseases
Support
Support
Support
Being diagnosed with diabetes
Newly diagnosed with diabetes
Receiving information about diabetes
Meaning of diabetes in your life
Diabetes and the mood
Diabetes burnout
Depression in diabetes
Fears related to diabetes
Fear of injections in diabetes
Fear of too low blood sugar
Fear of diabetes complications
Professional support in diabetes
Guidance and support for diabetes self-management
Diabetes care guidance content
Care plan in diabetes
Professional help for mental health in diabetes
Follow-up meetings in diabetes
Diabetes and peer support
Where can you get peer support?
Peer support for different ages
Diabetes and relationships
Diabetes and starting a romantic relationship
Talking about diabetes with a new partner
Diabetes as part of a romantic relationship
Romantic relationship and being diagnosed with diabetes
Crisis of being diagnosed with diabetes in a romantic relationship
Emotions related to being diagnosed with diabetes
Being diagnosed with diabetes and changing roles in a romantic relationship
The significance of a romantic relationship is emphasised in diabetes
Emotions related to diabetes care in a romantic relationship
Diabetes and sharing emotions in a romantic relationship
Relationship resilience as a resource in diabetes
Being the close one of a person with diabetes
Partner's diabetes and aging
In hobby communities with diabetes
In work community with diabetes
Together against diabetes stigma
Diabetes and working life
Career choice and diabetes
Career choice and insulin therapy
Type 1 diabetes and work
Erkki's work life story
Type 2 diabetes and work
Occupational health care's role in diabetes
Diabetes and rehabilitation
Rehabilitation in diabetes
Actors in diabetes rehabilitation
Adaptation training in diabetes
Vocational rehabilitation in diabetes
Diabetes and reimbursements for medicine expenses
Diabetes and social security
Diabetes and vaccinations
Influenza vaccine and diabetes
Pneumococcal vaccine and diabetes
Corona virus vaccination and diabetes
Diabetes and army
Self-management
Self-management
Self-management
Self-monitoring of blood sugar
Blood sugar meters
Measuring blood sugar step by step
Measuring blood sugar from other sites
Reliability of blood sugar measurement results
Utilising self-measured blood sugar results
Self-monitoring of blood sugar in different treatment modalities of diabetes
Glucose sensor in blood sugar self-monitoring
Using glucose sensor in self-monitoring
Assessment of basal insulin with glucose sensor
Assessment of mealtime insulin with glucose sensor
Trend arrows of glucose sensor
Using glucose sensor between meals
Using glucose sensor in exercise
Analysing and sharing the glucose sensor data
Frequently asked questions about glucose sensor
Diabetes and eating
Healthy food choices in diabetes
Diet in type 1 diabetes
Diet in type 2 diabetes
Identifying carbohydrates
Carbohydrate sources
Fats primarily as soft
Protein moderately
Only little salt
Plenty of fibre
Drinks in diet
Diabetes and exercise
Recommended exercise in diabetes
Type 2 diabetes and exercise
Type 1 diabetes and exercise
Exercise and diabetes complications
Diabetes and weight control
Weight control in diabetes
Type 2 diabetes and weight control
Type 1 diabetes and weight control
Insulin therapy
Insulin products
Storing insulin
Injection equipment for insulin
Injection sites for insulin
Injecting insulins
Challenges in injecting insulin
Possible problems of insulin injection sites
Insulin therapy in type 1 diabetes
Compensating insulin deficiency
Insulin requirement
Insulin dosing in MDI therapy
Mealtime insulin and carbohydrates
Use of correction insulin
Insulin therapy in type 2 diabetes
Starting insulin therapy in type 2 diabetes
Basal insulin therapy in type 2 diabetes
Pre-mixed insulin therapy in type 2 diabetes
MDI therapy in type 2 diabetes
Pump therapy in diabetes
What is an insulinpump?
Who is the insulin pump suitable for?
Principles of insulin dosing in pump therapy
Different insulin pump models
Starting insulin pump therapy
Insulin pump therapy follow-up
High blood sugar in insulin pump therapy
Backup system for insulin pump therapy
Low blood sugar in insulin pump therapy
insulin pump and exercise
Diabetes management in variable situations
Sick days with diabetes
Cortisone therapy with diabetes
Problematic situations in insulin treatment
In examinations with diabetes
Diabetes and surgery
Travelling and diabetes
Diabetes and feet self-care
Feet self-care in diabetes
Appropriate socks in diabetes
Choosing appropriate shoes in diabetes
Oral self-care in diabetes
Self-care and good blood sugar balance are important for oral health.
Guidance for oral self-care in diabetes
Guidance videos
Guidance videos
Guidance videos
For professionals
For professionals
For professionals
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Diabetes
Diabetes as a disease
What is diabetes?
Many different diabetes types
How many have diabetes?
Functions of the pancreas and insulin
What happens in diabetes?
Symptoms of diabetes
Diagnosing diabetes
Which diabetes type?
Tests in diabetes
Blood glucose i.e. blood sugar
Glucose tolerance test
Glycated haemoglobin HbA1c
Ketones
Tests for insulin secretion
Tests for antibodies in diabetes
Goals of diabetes management
Diabetes in children and the young
Type 1 diabetes
What causes type 1 diabetes?
Diagnosing type 1 diabetes
How is type 1 diabetes managed?
Information about treatment of type 1 diabetes
Self-management guidance and support in type 1 diabetes
Type 1 diabetes follow-up
Eating and exercise in type 1 diabetes
LADA-diabetes
Type 2 diabetes
What causes type 2 diabetes?
Metabolic syndrome
Prevention of type 2 diabetes
Diagnosing type 2 diabetes
How is type 2 diabetes managed?
Medical management of blood sugar in type 2 diabetes
Medication basics for blood sugar in type 2 diabetes
Metformin
Tablets that increase the effect of intestinal hormones
Intestinal hormone-like products
SGLT2 inhibitors
Insulin sensitisers
Mealtime tablets
Sulphonylureas
When is type 2 diabetes managed with insulin?
Rarer types of diabetes
MODY and other genetic reasons that cause diabetes
MODY diabetes
Mitochondrial diabetes
Diabetes caused by another disease
Diabetes and pregnancy
High blood sugar that is first discovered during pregnancy
Pregnancy of a person with diabetes
Contraception for women with diabetes
Pregnancy planning in diabetes
Management of blood sugar during pregnancy
Management of blood pressure during pregnancy with diabetes
Monitoring during pregnancy with diabetes
Labour of a person with diabetes
Management of diabetes after labour
Low blood sugar and insulinshock
Low blood sugar without diabetes
Low blood sugar in diabetes
Is recurring low blood sugar harmful?
Symptoms of low blood sugar
The challenges of recognising low blood sugar
Causes of low blood sugar in diabetes
Prevention of low blood sugar in insulin therapy
Self-management of low blood sugar
Insulinshock and its treatment
High blood sugar and diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)
High blood sugar in diabetes
Symptoms of high blood sugar
Causes of high blood sugar in insulin therapy
Causes for high blood sugar in type 2 diabetes
Investigating high blood sugar
Measuring ketones and acting based on the results
Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)
What is ketoacidosis?
Symptoms of ketoacidosis
What causes ketoacidosis?
SGLT2 inhibitors and DKA
Prevention of diabetic ketoacidosis
Treatment of ketoacidosis
Diabetes follow-up
What is included in diabetes follow-up?
Blood sugar monitoring
Glucose sensor in diabetes care
What is glucose sensor?
How does glucose sensor work?
How reliable is the glucose sensor?
Short-time use of glucose sensor in care planning
Continuous glucose monitoring in MDI
Analysing the glucose sensor results
Glycated haemoglobin HbA1c in follow-up
What things are monitored in diabetes?
Diabetes and substance use
Alcohol and diabetes
Only moderate alcohol use in diabetes
Alcohol and blood sugar
Alcohol and weight control in diabetes
Risk use of alcohol in diabetes
Smoking and diabetes
Snus and diabetes
Drugs and diabetes
Diabetes and traffic safety
Diabetes and driving health
Effect of low blood sugar on driving ability
Practical instructions to traffic in diabetes
Health examination for a driving licence in diabetes
Group 1 driving licence health requirements in diabetes
Group 2 driving licence health requirements in diabetes
When a driving ban can be issued to a person with diabetes
Frequently asked questions about driving licence and diabetes
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How is type 1 diabetes managed?
From this section, you will find the basic principles for management of type 1 diabetes .
Information about treatment of type 1 diabetes
Self-management guidance and support in type 1 diabetes
Type 1 diabetes follow-up
Eating and exercise in type 1 diabetes
