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What is diabetes?

Don’t know anything about diabetes? Start here.

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Causes
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What causes diabetes?

Read about the causes of type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

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What is the cost of diabetes?

10% of the NHS budget is spent on diabetes.

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Prevention
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Preventing diabetes

There are steps you can take to prevent type 2.

Myths about diabetes
Myths about diabetes
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Injecting insulin
Injecting insulin
Prevalence of diabetes
Prevalence of diabetes
Diabetes symptoms
Diabetes symptoms
Sex and diabetes
Sex and diabetes
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How to test your blood
How to test your blood
Myths about diabetes
Myths about diabetes
Ketones
Ketones
Injecting insulin
Injecting insulin
Prevalence of diabetes
Prevalence of diabetes
Diabetes symptoms
Diabetes symptoms
Sex and diabetes
Sex and diabetes
Contour NEXT USB
Contour NEXT USB
How to test your blood
How to test your blood
Myths about diabetes
Myths about diabetes
Ketones
Ketones
Injecting insulin
Injecting insulin
Prevalence of diabetes
Prevalence of diabetes
Diabetes symptoms
Diabetes symptoms
Sex and diabetes
Sex and diabetes
Contour NEXT USB
Contour NEXT USB
How to test your blood
How to test your blood

Whether you’ve had diabetes for a week or a decade, this section to answer some of the most common concerns about diabetes.

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How does diabetes affect my body?

Diabetes can affect the organs.

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What is
HbA1c?

HbA1c is a 90 day average of your blood glucose levels.

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