What is Diabetes?
Diabetes is a lifelong condition
where your own body’s ability to
produce sufficient insulin to
regulate the amount of sugar in your
blood is impaired. It is often
associated with the body being
unable to make maximum use of the
insulin that is around (Insulin
resistance). Having high blood sugar
levels for prolonged periods is
associated with problems with the
eyes, kidneys, the circulation and
nerve supply to the feet, and makes
diabetics more susceptible to heart
attacks and strokes.
Diabetes can run in families and is
much more common in people who are
overweight. If you would like to be
checked for diabetes make an
appointment with the nurses and
bring a sample of urine to your
appointment.
What happens at the Clinic?
The Diabetic clinic at the surgery
is run by Dr Batterham and Sister
Liz Fare. If you are
diabetic, you will be sent an
appointment at least twice a year to
have all aspects of your diabetes
care checked. We run the clinics on
Thursday afternoons and ask you to
come in a week before to have your
blood and urine tests taken so we
can review the results with you in
the clinic.
Once a year we will photograph your
eyes in one of these clinics.
For further information please visit:
Diabetes Leaflets: |
