Coronavirus: specific advice for people living with diabetes

Coronavirus: specific advice for people with diabetes

Having Diabetes does NOT mean you are more likely to catch Coronavirus. However, if you do catch Coronaviruses, it can cause more severe symptoms and complications in people with diabetes. More severe symptoms are also likely in older people, and those with other long-term conditions such as cancer…

D:UDEs (Diabetes: Understanding Daily Events)

D:UDEs (Diabetes: Understanding Daily Events) is a section of My Diabetes My Way aimed at young people with type 1 diabetes. It gives information on how to do the things you want to do in daily life, and look after your diabetes.

DAFNE

DAFNE is a way of managing Type 1 diabetes and provides people with the skills necessary to estimate the carbohydrate in each meal and to inject the right dose of insulin.

Detailed Diabetes Diary

This diary can help you record your food intake, insulin intake and levels of physical activity. This can be helpful to discuss with your diabetes team.

Diabetes and Emotional Well-being

This leaflet explains the close relationship between having diabetes and feeling down or depressed, recognising the signs and symptoms of depression and the effect of low mood on diabetes self-care.

Diabetes and Enteral Feeding

Diabetes and Enteral Feeding

Diabetes and Feet

For information about diabetes and the effect it can have on your feet.

Diabetes and Heart Disease

Diabetes UK explains how diabetes increases the risk of developing heart disease, which can lead to heart attacks and strokes.

Diabetes and High Blood Pressure

This patient.info page discusses high blood pressure and the effect it can have on your diabetes.

Diabetes and Kids

This website provides information for children with diabetes.

Diabetes and Menopause

Diabetes and Menopause

Diabetes and Steroid Tablets

This leaflet explains how steroids affect blood glucose levels, how to manage any changes in blood glucose levels and how to reduce and stop steroid treatment.

Diabetes and the Kidneys

This page contains a brief overview of the effects of diabetes on the kidneys.

Diabetes and Travel

This leaflet provides information on managing your diabetes during travel.

Diabetes and your Emotions

Diabetes UK page that explains how diabetes can affect you emotionally as well as physically.

Diabetes and Your Kidneys

Diabetes and Your Kidneys

Diabetes Care Planning

Diabetes UK guide to managing your care plan.

Diabetes Personal Care Charter

This link opens your diabetes personal care charter, which is a checklist of you and your clinicians actions and responsibilities.

Diabetes Remission

This resource explains what diabetes remission is and how it's possible to put your type 2 diabetes into remission