Diabetes

Comprehensive and Convenient Diabetes Management

An estimated 34 million Americans live with diabetes, even more have prediabetes, and many are unaware. A diabetes diagnosis prompts lots of questions. How can I manage it? What treatment options are there? What care will I need? How can I continue doing the activities I love? St. Peter's Health Partners can help answer all those questions.

Diabetes Management: Why Choose St. Peter’s Health Partners?

• A multi-disciplinary approach: Our team at St. Peter's Diabetes and Endocrine Care includes endocrinologists, advanced practitioners, registered nurses, registered dietitians, and Certified Diabetes Care and Endocrine Specialists. We’re dedicated to helping individuals with diabetes improve their quality of life.
• Comprehensive care: We provide diagnoses, management and treatment, and coordination with primary care, cardiology, obstetrics and services such as wound care and hyperbaric medicine within St. Peter’s Health Partners.   
• Convenient care close to home: With locations in Albany, Clifton Park, and Rensselaer, St. Peter’s Diabetes and Endocrine Care provides high-quality care to patients across the Capital Region.  

What is Diabetes? 

Diabetes is a condition in which the body is unable to use food properly for energy, resulting in high blood glucose (sugar). Although diabetes is a lifelong condition, people with diabetes can take steps to manage it and prevent serious medical problems.

Four Types of Diabetes: 

• Type 1 diabetes is thought to be caused by an autoimmune reaction (the body attacks itself by mistake) that stops the body from making insulin. Without insulin, the blood contains too much glucose, leading to high blood glucose (sugar) levels. Type 1 is often diagnosed in children, teens, or young adults, but can develop any time. 
• Type 2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes – about 90 percent of people with diabetes have type 2. With type 2 the body doesn’t use insulin well and can’t keep blood sugar at normal levels. Type 2 diabetes can be prevented with a healthy lifestyle. 
• Gestational diabetes develops during pregnancy and usually goes away after the baby is born. However, having gestational diabetes puts the baby at a higher risk for future health problems. 
• Prediabetes affects nearly 88 million adults, and 84 percent of them are unaware. With prediabetes, blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not high enough to be diagnosed as type 2 diabetes. The Diabetes Prevention Program can help prevent type 2 diabetes. 

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Managing Diabetes

Our goal at St. Peter’s Health Partners is to help empower patients to manage their diabetes and improve their health. Our specialized services include:

• complication screening
• prevention and treatment
• medication management
• foot care
• smoking cessation
• onsite HbA1c testing
• weight management and nutritional counseling
• diabetes support groups
• individual and group diabetes education classes
• continuous glucose monitoring
• gestational diabetes education program
• diabetes prevention program