Resources
Diabetes and Exercise
People with diabetes are encouraged to exercise regularly for better blood glucose control and to reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Additional benefits of exercise include a healthier heart, better weight control and stress management.
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Diabetes and Eye Problems
This page explains the risks of developing diabetic eye disease and provides information on diabetic eye screening.
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Diabetes and Gum Disease
Keeping your mouth, teeth and gums healthy is an important part of managing your diabetes. Having diabetes means you’re more at risk of dental problems like gum disease, also called periodontal disease. This will help you understand why you’re at risk and how to keep your mouth healthy.
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Diabetes and Kidneys
Diabetic nephropathy is the name given to kidney damage caused by diabetes. It develops slowly, over many years, and is also referred to as kidney disease. Almost one in five people with diabetes will need treatment for diabetic nephropathy but there’s a lot you can do to reduce your risk of developing problems with your kidneys.
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Diabetes and Ramadan
The Qur'an requires Muslims to fast during the month of Ramadan from sunrise to sunset. However, there are exceptions to this. One of them is that people who are ill or have medical conditions do not have to fast. This includes people with diabetes. This information in this film will help you reduce the risks of becoming ill during Ramadan if you decide to fast.
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Diabetes and Smoking
If you're a smoker and have been diagnosed with diabetes, giving up the habit is one of the most positive things you can do to both improve your health and reduce your risks of the long-term complications associated with the condition. Smoking is also associated with a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
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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.
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Diabetes and the Eyes
Some people with diabetes develop serious complications with their eyes, called diabetic retinopathy. If you don’t get this treated properly, it can lead to sight loss. If eye complications do start to develop, they can nearly always be treated to avoid long-term problems – as long as they’re spotted and diagnosed in time. So you need to know the facts and what to look out for.
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Diabetes and the Menopause
This resource will explain some of the effects diabetes can have on the menopause.
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Diabetes and Travel
This leaflet provides information on managing your diabetes during travel.
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Diabetes and your Emotions
Diabetes UK page that explains how diabetes can affect you emotionally as well as physically.
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Diabetes and your Emotions: You're not alone
Diabetes UK video that focuses on how diabetes can affect your emotional well-being.
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Diabetes Burnout
A build-up of diabetes distress can tip into periods of “diabetes burnout” where a person with diabetes might start to avoid self-management tasks for more significant periods of time; this then has the potential to impact upon their physical health.
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Diabetes Distress
Living with an unpredictable health condition can be extremely challenging, so it is understandable for people to experience some difficult thoughts and feelings about their diabetes.
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Diabetes Foot Screening and Foot Care
In this video you will learn about foot risk assessments which you should receive annually, and how you can look after your feet every day.
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Diabetes in pregnancy
An overview of how diabetes can affect pregnancy and what you might be advised to do before, during, and after pregnancy.
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Diabetes Injections (Insulin)
This video provides information on insulin injections for diabetes.
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