Diabetes & Women’s Health

Diabetes and Women’s Health is a guide to the management of diabetes in female patients. This book covers management of the disease from adolescence into adulthood, and in pregnancy. This book is divided into three sections. The first section covers general management of diabetes in women, and includes discussion on cardiovascular risks, transitional care to young adulthood, eating disorders, anxiety and depression in women with diabetes, and the menopause and diabetes. The second section focuses on pregnancy and diabetes, covering preconceptional care, intrapartum and postpartum management, and long term outcomes for infants born to mothers with diabetes. The third section focuses on `special topics’ including infections, female sexual dysfunction related to diabetes, and assisted reproductive technologies. Illustrated in full colour throughout, Diabetes and Women’s Health is an essential resource for diabetologists, obstetricians and gynaecologists. Key Points Guide to the management of diabetes in female patients Covers management from adolescence, through young adulthood, pregnancy and the menopause Illustrated in full colour throughout