HSS helps individuals manage their health through a combination of self-monitoring, education and qualitative analysis.
Diabetes Self Monitoring and Management
In November 1986, the American Diabetes Association, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, and the National Institutes of Health convened a Consensus Conference on Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose.
The results of that conference was that self-monitoring of blood glucose was an exciting and important tool for effective management of patients with diabetes. It was recommended that Self monitoring of blood glucose be used by patients to accomplish the following goals:
(a) Keep track of their glucose levels over time,
(b) Help make day-to-day decisions for managing glucose,
(c) Recognize emergency situations, and
(d) Educate themselves on how to manage their blood glucose levels
Self monitoring of blood glucose was first used because health care providers and researchers believed that its use would help with glucose control and that better glucose control would reduce or prevent diabetes complications. In other words, if hyperglycemia (too much glucose in the blood) and hypoglycemia (too little glucose in the blood) could be controlled, people with diabetes would remain healthier.
This expectation was shown to be true in 1993, when the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) published results of a large and conclusive study called the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT), which involved patients at 29 medical centers in the United States and Canada. In this study, Self monitoring of blood glucose was an important part of the glucose control strategy.
This study showed that, intensive treatment to keep blood glucose levels close to normal reduced the rate of diabetic complications. In fact, the risk reduction was 76% for eye disease, 50% for kidney disease, and 60% for nerve disease.
source: http://www.fda.gov/diabetes/glucose.html
(a) Keep track of their glucose levels over time,
(b) Help make day-to-day decisions for managing glucose,
(c) Recognize emergency situations, and
(d) Educate themselves on how to manage their blood glucose levels
Self monitoring of blood glucose was first used because health care providers and researchers believed that its use would help with glucose control and that better glucose control would reduce or prevent diabetes complications. In other words, if hyperglycemia (too much glucose in the blood) and hypoglycemia (too little glucose in the blood) could be controlled, people with diabetes would remain healthier.
This expectation was shown to be true in 1993, when the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) published results of a large and conclusive study called the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT), which involved patients at 29 medical centers in the United States and Canada. In this study, Self monitoring of blood glucose was an important part of the glucose control strategy.
This study showed that, intensive treatment to keep blood glucose levels close to normal reduced the rate of diabetic complications. In fact, the risk reduction was 76% for eye disease, 50% for kidney disease, and 60% for nerve disease.
source: http://www.fda.gov/diabetes/glucose.html
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You can use HSS's free service for diabetes, diet and weight management to:
- Enter and track various health related parameters
- Monitor improvements through charts and reports
- Track and manage your weight, diet and exercise
- Analyze your risk profile
- Add your own parameters and "Trackers"
- Record journal entries
- Finds calorie and nutrient information
- Discuss issues at our health forum
- Collaborate with your care giver or physician (they should be subscribed to HSS)
Read How to use HSS to learn more.