Introduction to the Type 1 Diabetes iPhone app by Best Health

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Information you can rely on about Type 1 diabetes, a long-term condition that can lead to serious health problems. With up-to-date, reliable, plain English information from the Best Health diabetes app, you'll be able to make the most informed choices.

With so many websites and apps offering conflicting information about health, it's difficult to know who to trust. The Best Health apps are produced by the internationally respected BMJ Group, publisher of the British Medical Journal, and have been awarded the Department of Health's Information Standard quality mark. They're based on the same high-quality medical trials that doctors rely on themselves, and are regularly updated.

So, with the type 1 diabetes app from Best Health you're guaranteed a trustworthy and up-to-date source of information covering topics such as:

• What is type 1 diabetes?
• What are the symptoms of type 1 diabetes?
• How do doctors diagnose diabetes?
• What treatments work for type 1 diabetes?
• How common is diabetes?
• What causes diabetes?
• What will happen to me?

The app also included suggested questions to raise with your doctor.
The app explains medical terms in plain English -- we've been awarded the Plain English Campaign's Crystal Mark. You can use the app to help you get the most out of a doctor's appointment, and to help you decide which treatments are best for you.

The app includes information on:

• Hyperglycaemia and hypoglycaemia
• Healthy living
• Checking your blood glucose
• Eye problems in diabetes
• Heart and blood problems in diabetes
• How your body controls your blood glucose levels
• Infections in diabetes
• Kidney problems in diabetes
• Nerve damage in diabetes
• Yearly check-up for diabetes.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• diabetes
• symptoms
• treatment
• insulin
• blood
• sugar
• glucose
• hyperglycaemia
• hypoglycaemia