Clinical Gems

The new edition of this acclaimed title provides a practical guide to the risks and benefits of undertaking sport and general exercise for patients with diabetes.

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in Older Adults   Microvascular complications The specific microvascular complications of diabetes may be less prominent in type 2 diabetes than in type 1 but they still provide cause for concern.

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in Older Adults 4.3 Symptoms and their Representation Because the symptoms of diabetes in older adults are often slow to develop, less severe and longer lasting, and because they appear against a more complex background of somatic sensations, older persons …

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in Older Adults 4.1 Introduction  Diabetes mellitus is a common metabolic disorder affecting older adults.

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Psychological Issues in the Management of Diabetes and Pregnancy 3.1 Introduction Pregnancy has a significant impact on most women with diabetes mellitus.

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in Adolescents   2.3 Individual Interventions (Part 2 of 2) Process of change Diabetes poses considerable demands on the young person’s coping, self-esteem, mood and quality of life.

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in Adolescents   2.3 Individual Interventions (Part 1 of 2) Despite the benefits of these family-based programs, they pose a challenge for working with older adolescents if their parents do not come to clinic or for young people in families …

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in Adolescents   2.2 Familial Interventions (Part 1)  First, the descriptive literature of the family environment in supporting the young person with diabetes is probably the most extensively researched area on adolescent and childhood diabetes.

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in Adolescents   2.1 Introduction- Recurrent ketoacidosis Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is the single most common cause of mortality in individuals with type 1 diabetes under the age of 40.21

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in Adolescents   2.1 Introduction  There is no widely accepted precise definition of what adolescence is, but it is commonly referred to as the transitional period between childhood and adulthood.