Diabetes Care in Davenport

Knowing how your conditions affects your overall health is the first step in gaining control of your symptoms and diabetes complications. AdventHealth Heart of Florida has a team of diabetes specialists — including endocrinologists, nurse educators, dieticians and other diabetes care professionals — to help you better understand your type 1 or type 2 diabetes and how to adapt your lifestyle with nutritional counseling, so you can best manage it.

If you are pre-diabetic, adhering to healthy self-management practices can even help you prevent a type 2 diabetes diagnosis. One-on-one counseling is also offered for our pregnant moms experiencing Gestational Diabetes.

Nutrition for Diabetes

There’s truth in the well-known phrase, “You are what you eat.” Nutrition is key to controlling your diabetes: A proper diet can lead to weight loss, and helps maintain healthy blood pressure, cholesterol and blood glucose levels.

Our registered dietitian can assist you with shopping, meal planning and nutritional counseling.

For more information call Call863-419-2799.

A healthy body means a healthy you. If you’re condition isn’t well controlled, diabetes complications can be dangerous and sometimes fatal. That’s why helping you manage your diabetes effectively is our top priority.

Working as a team, we provide the tools and skills you need to self-manage your diabetes and keep your blood sugar levels within acceptable limits, including diabetes medications, glucose monitors for blood sugar testing, nutrition counseling and exercise guidance.

To request an appointment with a diabetes specialist, call Call863-419-7509 today.

High glucose levels over a long period of time can lead to nerve damage (neuropathy) and poor blood circulation. These conditions are common diabetes complications that make it hard for your skin to repair itself and causes wounds to heal slowly, or not at all.

If you have a wound that won’t heal, call our Center for Wound Care at Call863-422-8123.