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Diabetes Management and Prediabetes Treatment

Diabetes Management and Prediabetes Treatment2024-09-12T16:04:21-04:00

Whether you’re recently diagnosed with diabetes, trying to understand your risk, or looking to better manage your illness, CentraState has a program for you. CentraState combines evidence-based curriculum with individual support from certified diabetes educators to set you up for success.

Whether you are you’re recently diagnosed with diabetes, trying to understand your risk, or looking to better manage your illness, CentraState has a program for you. CentraState combines evidence-based curriculum with individual support from certified diabetes educators to set you up for success. The Novo Nordisk Diabetes Center at CentraState Medical Center is recognized by the American Diabetes Association for meeting the national standard in diabetes education and can help you control your blood sugar and the side effects at any stage.

Diabetes Management

Diabities

Learning to control your diabetes with lifestyle changes can be challenging.  Don’t go it alone. At CentraState, our diabetes educators can provide you with the diabetes management tools and support you need to keep your blood sugar level, feel good, and reduce future complications.

At your initial assessment, we’ll review your medical history and perform a foot exam to assess sensitivity. We will cover proper blood glucose monitoring and provide preliminary meal planning guidance. Your diabetes coach will then create a customized diabetes management program that meets your unique needs, including weight loss, meal plans, and essential resources.

Whether you have just been diagnosed with diabetes or have been living with it for years, you can take control with lasting, healthy lifestyle changes for a sustainable, healthier future.

For more information on diabetes management or to get started with an online consultation, call 732-294-2574 or complete the form below.

Diabetes Management Self-Assessment

Download and complete the diabetes management questionnaire self-assessment prior to your scheduled appointment and bring the completed form with you. For more information, please call 732-294-2574.

Prediabetes Treatment

If you’re carrying extra pounds, have high blood pressure, or a cholesterol-heavy diet, you could be at risk for diabetes or have a condition known as prediabetes, where blood sugar levels are higher than normal but not high enough to be diagnosed as type 2 diabetes. Research has found that more than one in three adults has prediabetesand about 90% don’t even know it. The good news is you can reverse its course with prediabetes treatment.

CentraState’s Prediabetes Treatment Program, recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, gives you the tools you need to create lasting, healthy lifestyle changes to prevent diabetes. Our diabetes experts will help you:

  • Develop a sustainable, healthier approach to eating
  • Increase physical activity by participating in activities you enjoy
  • Reach a healthier weight and learn strategies for weight maintenance.
Prevent Diabetes

The prediabetes treatment program consists of 16 weekly group sessions and monthly follow-up meetings for one year to help you stay on track. To learn when our next class starts, call 732-308-0570.

Do you know your blood sugar numbers?
Join us for a free glucose and blood pressure screening at the Star and Barry Tobias Health Awareness Center.

Gestational Diabetes

Our goal is to keep you and your baby safe and healthy. If you are an expectant mother with gestational diabetes, our diabetes educators will provide you with an individualized meal plan and teach you how and when to test your blood sugar. A physician referral or prescription is required to schedule this two-hour appointment.

It is recommended that you also schedule a follow-up appointment after delivery to help reduce your risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.

Gestational Diabetes

Diabetes FAQs

Pre-existing or hereditary factors can increase your risk for developing diabetes. Having multiple risks significantly increases your chances of developing diabetes. These risks include:

• Being overweight
• Being over 40 years old
• Being of African-American, Latino, Native American, or Asian ethnicity
• Having a parent, sibling, grandparent, aunt, or uncle who has/had diabetes
• Having delivered one child or more who weighed more than nine pounds
• Having a sedentary lifestyle

Symptoms of diabetes can sometimes go unnoticed. Having your blood sugar tested by a physician or at a health screening is the only way to know for sure if you have diabetes.
Diabetes symptoms can include:

• Urinating often
• Feeling very thirsty
• Feeling very hungry—even though you are eating
• Extreme fatigue
• Blurry vision
• Cuts/bruises that are slow to heal
• Weight loss—even though you are eating more (type 1)
• Tingling, pain, or numbness in the hands/feet (type 2)

The hemoglobin A1C test gives an average of your blood glucose control over the past 2-3 months. While it is used to diagnose prediabetes and diabetes, it is also an essential tool for evaluating how well you’re managing diabetes.

CentraState offers A1C tests in Freehold, NJ. To schedule an appointment for an A1C test, call 732-294-2574. Additional services through the diabetes center include glucose monitoring, medication management, and meal planning.

Diabetes Resources

To learn more about symptoms of type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes, visit the helpful links below.

Diabetes Resources

ENDOCRINOLOGISTS

Kenneth Ordene, MD

Kenneth Ordene, MD

Endocrinology

Shilpi  Singh, MD

Shilpi Singh, MD

Endocrinology

Eric Wininger, MD

Eric Wininger, MD

Diabetes, Endocrinology

Melissa Young, MD

Melissa Young, MD

Endocrinology

Martin Luria, MD ML

Martin Luria, MD

Endocrinology

Diane Fresca, MD DF

Diane Fresca, MD

Endocrinology

Marie-Therese Saky, MD MS

Marie-Therese Saky, MD

Diabetes, Endocrinology

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