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Diabetes

People with diabetes have too much sugar in their blood and/or not enough insulin to help change the sugar in food into energy.  Keystone Mercy wants to work with you to help you control your diabetes and Keystone Mercy wants to work with you to help you control your diabetes and live a healthy, active life.live a healthy, active life.

Without proper treatment, diabetes can:

  • cause blindness and kidney disease
  • make it easier to get infections, especially of the feet
  • put you at a higher risk for heart disease and stroke
  • cause nerve damage
  • make you feel tired or thirsty all the time

The Keys to Your Care program will help you learn about diabetes and help you understand about the medicines you are taking.  The program will also help explain the importance of the foods you eat and testing your blood sugar level.

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