Helping Patients Understand Potential Complications
Communicating with your patients who have type 2 diabetes about the health issues they may face as they live with the condition isn’t simple. The patient-friendly materials in this section are designed to reinforce your explanations of the disease’s potentially serious complications. The documents below outline specific actions patients can take to help prevent diabetes-related effects on their feet, eyes, teeth and gums, heart, and sexual health.
The downloadable information can help you stress the importance to patients of specific self-management issues:
Putting Your Best Feet Forward
Communicates to patients the importance of foot health. It gives tips on how to maintain their feet, avoid potential problems, and use preventive care for good foot health.
[PDF: 1.10 MB, 2 pages]
Seeing Your Way to Timely Eye Care
Informs patients of good health guidelines for taking care of their eyes and vision.
[PDF: 816 KB, 2 pages]
Put Your Heart Into Managing Type 2 Diabetes
Gives an overview of the effects of diabetes on the heart and why it is critically important for people with type 2 diabetes to follow the treatment plan you create for them.
[PDF: 1.71 MB, 2 pages]
Healthy Steps You Can Smile About
Describes good health practices for ensuring that patients with type 2 diabetes know how to maintain healthy teeth and gums while also encouraging proper periodontal care.
[PDF: 1.99 MB, 1 page]
Diabetes and Men’s Sexual Health
Discusses topics such as how diabetes affects circulation and how it may affect sexual function.
[PDF: 1.37 MB, 2 pages]
Diabetes and Women’s Sexual Health
Discusses how diabetes affects women’s sexual health.
[PDF: 1.43 MB, 2 pages]
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[PDF: 1.2 MB, 11 pages]
