Diabetes care at a health centre
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- 2 municipalities
- Public service
Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by a high blood sugar level over a prolonged period of time. Types of diabetes include type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. Managing diabetes requires that the diabetic takes care of their everyday health and manages and monitors their condition with the help of health care professionals.
Type 2 diabetes is one of the fastest growing dise ...
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The service is intended for clients of the wellbeing services county’s health services who are over the age of 16 and have been diagnosed with diabetes.
All health centres treat type 2 diabetes and secondary diabetes (diabetes associated with other conditions or syndromes).
Kerava Health Centre treats type 2 diabetes and secondary diabetes. The health centre offers appointments for both personal doctors and primary nurses. Primary nurses treat people with diabetes who are on insulin therapy or injectable medication for type 2 diabetes. Diabetes nurses in turn treat people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes who are on multi-dose injection therapy and have an insulin deficiency. For the time being, Kerava Health Centre does not treat patients on insulin pumps.
The health centres in Vantaa treat people with tablet-controlled diabetes. People with type 1 diabetes and people with type 2 diabetes on insulin or injection therapy are treated centrally in our diabetes units.
Specialised health care includes the initial treatment and monitoring of newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes for the first 1–2 years, the diagnosis of rare or unclear forms of diabetes, the initiation of insulin pump therapy and the treatment of diabetics who have a severe kidney disease. Diabetes care requires a doctor's referral.
You can contact us by phone or through Maisa.