This is an essential guide to those in general practice, but also to medical students, non-specialist hospital doctors and those in earlier stages of training in diabetes as a speciality. ABC of Diabetes provides primary care practitioners with a practical guide to all aspects of diabetes including the aetiology, diagnosis and management of Types 1 and 2 diabetes, detection and prevention, and the organization of care and support. Contributors to this Book vii Foreword ix Preface xi Acknowledgements xiii Diagnosing Diabetes 1Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar Types of Diabetes 7Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar Helping People Live with Diabetes 11Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar Early Detection and Prevention of Diabetes 15Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar Obesity 23Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar Cardiovascular Disease 27Ponnusamy Saravanan, Vinod Patel, Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar Management of Blood Glucose in Type 2 Diabetes 35Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar Hyperglycaemic Emergencies and Management of Diabetes in Hospital 41Sailesh Sankar, Sudhesh Kumar and Tim Holt Insulin Therapy 47Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar Hypoglycaemia 51Tim Holt, Sudhesh Kumar and Noreen Kumar Self ]Management of Diabetes 55Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar Surveillance for Complications 63Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar Kidney Disease in Diabetes 67Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar Eye Disease in Diabetes 75Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar The Diabetic Foot 81Tim Holt, Gurdev Deogon and Sudhesh Kumar Diabetic Neuropathy 91Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar Psychological Issues Related to Diabetes Care 95Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar Diabetes and Pregnancy 99Sudhesh Kumar, Aresh Anwar and Tim Holt Organisation of Diabetes Care in General Practice 107Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar New and Emerging Therapies for Diabetes 111Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar Support for People Living with Diabetes 115Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar Index 000