Managing Type 2 Diabetes: How Often Should You Visit the Doctor?

If you have type 2 diabetes, seeing your doctor and health care team regularly is an essential part of keeping your blood sugar under control. How often you need to schedule those appointments, however, depends on how well you manage your diabetes.

“Someone who is just on oral medication, or even a non-insulin injection medication and who has a good AIC level, maybe less than 7%, may not need to see the doctor more often than 4-6 months,” says Minisha Sood, MD, an endocrinologist in New York City.

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Brittany Doohan

Brittany Doohan was the Content Director at HealthiNation and is currently the Editorial Director at Medscape. Through her work with Medscape, she won a Silver Telly Award in May 2022 for "Sleepless Nation: A Public Health Epidemic — Episode 2: A Decade Without a Diagnosis." She has worked in health journalism and video production for more than 8 years, and loves the challenge of explaining complex topics in an easy-to-understand and creative way.

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Sanjai Sinha, MD, is a board-certified physician with over 20 years of experience. He specializes in internal medicine.

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