Hypoglycemia is when a child (or any other person) with diabetes is suffering from low blood sugars.
This can be an extreme and dangerous situation and in the worse case scenarios can lead to a diabetic coma or even death.
But with careful monitoring of blood sugar levels this can be prevented.
An important [...]
It can be scary when you realize that something may be wrong with your child.
You will want to find out right away what it is and how you can help.
The testing that is done to determine if your child has juvenile diabetes is not very evasive and can be determined in [...]
A daily insulin injection is required to manage type 1 diabetes in children but it is not the only management strategy.
The diet plan that goes along with the daily insulin requirements is just as important and needs to be planned accordingly.
Consistency in meal times, portion sizes, and food groups are the [...]
There are different brands of insulin that are available but in each brand there are two different kinds of insulin that are used to control juvenile diabetes.
One is known as fast-acting insulin once it is injected it acts quickly in your childs system.
The other type of insulin is called slow-acting [...]
In many children with juvenile diabetes a period occurs shortly after being diagnosed they go through what is commonly called as the honeymoon period.
This is a time when your childs blood sugar levels will return to normal without the aid of additional insulin.
It is important to remember that this happens in [...]
Although there is no known cause for juvenile diabetes there are risk factors that can contribute to the likeliness a child will be diagnosed with the disease.
As some forms of type 1 diabetes are an autoimmune disease you can be at a higher risk if you have already been diagnosed with a different [...]
