As with any disease there are possible complications and side effects and juvenile diabetes is no exception.
The risks and complications associated with this disease are serious but can be mitigated with careful monitoring and control of your childs blood sugars.
All people that have been diagnosed with diabetes need to have their eyes checked [...]
A popular alternative, especially for teenagers, to daily insulin injections is to use an insulin pump.
Although it is an alternative for everyone because of the high cost of the unit and having to wear it 24 hours per day for others it can help in successfully managing juvenile diabetes.
An insulin pump is worn [...]
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 child who is diagnosed with juvenile diabetes is going to need to follow a treatment plan for the rest of their life.
But they will have a lot of support.
And there have been many advances and improvements in the diabetic treatment industry in way of needles and monitoring devices.
Knowing [...]
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 [...]
Telling friends and family about your child being diagnosed with juvenile diabetes may bring about mixed emotions.
You dont want your child to be pitied, you dont want them to be looked at differently, yet you do need people to understand that your child will need some special considerations sometimes.
When you first tell people [...]
If diabetes runs in your family, you may already be aware of the symptoms to look for to see if your child might have juvenile diabetes.
If the disease is prevalent in your family, your doctor may run routine screening tests as a precautionary measure in the form of blood work.
But this [...]
