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Diabetes

If you鈥檝e been diagnosed with type 1, type 2, gestational diabetes or pre-diabetes, 华体会 offers comprehensive education and resources to help you live well and manage your condition.

Why Choose 华体会 for Your Diabetes Education?

Whether you’re trying to get diabetes under control or working to prevent it, 华体会 provides the comprehensive education and support you need. All members of the 华体会 diabetes education team are certified diabetes educators who are registered nurses or registered dietitians. Diabetes educators work closely with your physician to support your care.

You’ll also have:

  • Easy access to registered nurses and dietitians to help you with lifestyle changes, meal planning and use of blood sugar meters and insulin pumps
  • Individual assessments, group classes and self-management training
  • Nutrition counseling
  • Connections to endocrinologists with advanced training in diabetes care

Types of diabetes

When you have diabetes, your body has a problem turning sugar (glucose) from food into energy. A hormone called insulin helps your cells absorb glucose. In diabetes, your body either doesn’t make enough insulin or can’t use insulin as it should. Diabetes can take several forms:

  • Type 1 diabetes: When your body loses the ability to make insulin; this type of diabetes usually begins during childhood or adolescence
  • Type 2 diabetes: When your body develops a resistance to the action of insulin and can’t make enough insulin to overcome this resistance
  • Pre-diabetes: When your blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes
  • Gestational diabetes: Diabetes that begins during pregnancy
  • Pediatric diabetes: Type 1 or type 2 diabetes affecting children

Prevention is possible

Knowledge is the key to prevention. By getting the facts, understanding your risks and making healthy lifestyle changes, you can help prevent type 2 diabetes. Even small steps can make a big difference to your health. Estimate your personal risk for developing diabetes, with our . Learn about from the American Diabetes Association. Based on your risk, consider the CDC's diabetes prevention program offered locally.

Learn more about managing diabetes and diabetes education.

Meet the Teams

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The 华体会 Endocrinology and Diabetes teams provide comprehensive diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands.

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Managing Diabetes

Find the support you need to fight back against Type 2 diabetes. You鈥檒l have a wide range of trusted resources to help you stay healthy for life.

Diabetes Education

Whether you have Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes, pre-diabetes or a family history, the Internal Medicine team at 华体会 is here to provide the support you need.

Locations & Contact Information

    Northwestern Memorial Hospital is ranked in the top 10 (No. 8) in Diabetes and Endocrinology.

    Northwestern Memorial Hospital
    Top 10 in Diabetes & Endocrinology (No. 8)

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    Assess Your Diabetes Risk

    Estimate your personal risk of developing diabetes, and learn what actions you should take next.