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Your Guide to Diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2
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- Follow your meal plan.
- Don't skip meals, especially if you take diabetes medicines, because your blood glucose may go too low. Eat several small meals during the day instead of one or two big meals.
- See your doctor before starting a physical activity program.
- Ask your doctor about whether you need to eat before you exercise.
Keep a daily record of
- your blood glucose numbers
- the times of the day you took your diabetes medicines
- your physical activity
- Tell your doctor if you have low blood glucose often, especially at the same time of the day or night several times in a row.
- Be sure to tell your doctor about other medicines you are taking.
- Some diabetes pills can cause low blood glucose. Ask your doctor whether your pills can cause low blood glucose.
- Take your diabetes medicines, even if you are sick and have been throwing up.
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