Diabetes Management
Diabetes management is comprehensive, ongoing care that helps people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes keep blood sugar in a healthy range and prevent complications. It combines an individualized plan of medication or insulin, nutrition and physical activity, blood-glucose monitoring, education and regular screening of the eyes, kidneys, nerves, heart and feet, delivered by a specialist diabetes team.
Medically reviewed by the Florence Healthcare medical team · Last reviewed June 2026
Overview
Diabetes raises blood glucose because the body either does not make enough insulin (type 1) or cannot use it properly (type 2). Left uncontrolled over years, high glucose damages blood vessels and nerves, affecting the eyes, kidneys, heart, nerves and feet. The goal of management is to keep blood sugar in a healthy range, while avoiding hypoglycemia, so that day-to-day wellbeing is good and long-term complications are prevented.
Care is individualized and multidisciplinary. An endocrinologist and diabetes team set personalized glucose targets and a treatment plan — which may use oral medications, newer injectable therapies, or insulin — alongside nutrition guidance, support for physical activity, and education in self-management and glucose monitoring, including continuous glucose monitoring where helpful. Regular screening checks the eyes, kidneys, nerves, heart and feet so any complication is caught early.
International patients receive a coordinator who arranges a structured assessment and a clear plan, and a transparent cost estimate before travel. Our specialists can review records, glucose data and recent results remotely, and the team provides a management and monitoring plan so care continues effectively after returning home.
Who is a candidate?
- People with type 1 or type 2 diabetes seeking better control of their blood sugar
- Those whose diabetes is newly diagnosed and who need a treatment and education plan
- Patients whose current treatment is not keeping glucose in the target range
- People who would benefit from screening for diabetes-related complications
- Those wanting expert review of their medication, insulin or monitoring approach
What happens
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Assessment
The diabetes team reviews your history, examines you, checks blood tests including long-term glucose control (HbA1c), and screens for early signs of complications.
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Personalized plan and targets
Together you agree glucose targets and a treatment plan — oral medication, injectable therapy or insulin — matched to your type of diabetes, health and lifestyle.
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Education and self-management
You learn how to monitor glucose, take or adjust treatment, recognize and manage high and low blood sugar, and fit management into daily life.
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Nutrition and activity
A dietitian helps with eating patterns and carbohydrate awareness, and the team supports safe physical activity, both central to good control.
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Monitoring and follow-up
Glucose control and complication screening (eyes, kidneys, nerves, heart and feet) are reviewed over time. International patients receive a plan so care continues after they return home.
Benefits
- Keeps blood sugar in a healthy range while avoiding dangerous lows
- Substantially reduces the risk of long-term eye, kidney, nerve, heart and foot complications
- An individualized plan matched to your type of diabetes, health and lifestyle
- Education and self-management skills that put you in control day to day
- Regular screening so any complication is detected and treated early
Risks & considerations
- Diabetes is a long-term condition that is managed and controlled rather than cured
- Glucose-lowering treatments, especially insulin, carry a risk of low blood sugar (hypoglycemia)
- Good control depends on ongoing self-management, monitoring and follow-up
- Some medications have side effects, which the team weighs and monitors
- Without sustained control, the risk of complications rises over time
Conditions this treats
Where it is performed
This procedure is delivered by our Diabetes Center.
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Diabetes Management — frequently asked questions
An individualized plan combining medication or insulin, nutrition and physical activity, blood-glucose monitoring, self-management education, and regular screening of the eyes, kidneys, nerves, heart and feet — delivered by a specialist diabetes team.
Diabetes is a long-term condition that is managed and controlled rather than cured. Good control keeps blood sugar in a healthy range and substantially reduces the risk of complications, and for some people with type 2 diabetes, weight and lifestyle changes can improve control markedly.
A continuous glucose monitor is a small sensor that tracks glucose levels through the day and night, helping you and your team fine-tune treatment and recognize patterns. The team advises whether it would help in your case.
Yes. Share your recent results, glucose data and medication list and our specialists review your control and outline a plan, before you commit to travel.
Assessment and planning are outpatient and can be done in a short visit, with management continued over time, often remotely. Your coordinator confirms the plan and provides a transparent, itemized estimate after reviewing your case rather than a fixed online price.
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