If you have diabetes, stay on top of your health care game. How? Get the tests
and screenings you need.
Your PMP and health care team are your partners. Tey’ll help you manage
your condition and support your eforts to manage diabetes. Tey can help you
avoid the health problems that can come with poorly controlled diabetes.
Tese tests are very important, and many can be done during a single ofce
visit with your doctor or a quick visit to an in-network lab.
Your health team will also teach you how to care for yourself on a daily basis.
You’ll learn how to:
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Inspect and care for your feet to prevent infections from blisters and scrapes.
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Get moving, using physical activity to maintain a healthy weight and help
keep your blood sugar down.
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Eat healthy. You get advice from a registered dietitian.
Together with your health care team, you can be a winner and improve the
quality of your health and your life. Get in the game – talk to your doctor today!
Sources: American Diabetes Association website: diabetes.org; “Executive Summary: Standards of Medical
Care in Diabetes – 2010,”
Diabetes Care
, January 2010
TEST
HOW OFTEN
GOAL
A1C blood test
At least two times per year
Less than 7
Low-density lipoprotein
(LDL) (cholesterol)
At least one time a year
Less than 100
Kidney function urine test
At least one time a year
Blood pressure
At every doctor’s visit
Less than 130/80
Dilated retinal (eye) exam
Every year
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Evansville
1-866-461-3586
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1-866-795-5440
Merrillville
1-866-724-6533
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Diabetes shouldn’t keep you from getting in the game!
Medicines that help control diabetes
If you have diabetes, take all the medicines (drugs) the way your doctor tells you to.
Your PMP or doctor might prescribe:
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Pills or insulin to help control blood sugar.
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Blood-pressure drugs to help control blood pressure.
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Cholesterol drugs to help lower your risk of heart disease.
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Special drugs to help prevent kidney problems.
Talk to your doctor about what drugs will work to help your diabetes.