What else can I do to prevent diabetes problems?

There are other things that you can do either each day or one or more times a year to prevent diabetes problems. For example, to keep your feet healthy, check them each day. Ask your health care team whether you should take an aspirin every day to lower your risk for heart disease. To keep your eyes healthy, visit an eye doctor once a year for a complete eye examination that includes using drops in your eyes to dilate the pupils.

Once a year, your urine should be tested for protein. Also once a year, your health care provider should do a complete foot exam. See Things to Do Every Day for Good Diabetes Care for what you can do each day to stay healthy with diabetes. See Things for Your Health Care Provider to Look at Every Time You Have a Checkup for other things to check for good diabetes care.

Check your feet each day to keep them healthy.

source: http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/complications_control/index.htm