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This section is for under 18's and contains a great interactive tool to help you and your family learn more about diabetes.
Managing Diabetes- The interactive web tool for children and families. It may be helpful to look at this section with your parents at first.
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Parents are pumped up
Because severe hypoglycemia and health risks are down.
As any parent of a child with diabetes knows, low blood sugar episodes (hypoglycemia) can be sudden and frightening.
The good news: Insulin pump therapy has been shown to significantly decrease severe hypoglycemia in youth. Recent studies showed that adolescents and young children on insulin pump therapy had over 50% fewer episodes.1,2
Today’s children with diabetes also have the opportunity for better blood glucose control than any generation before.
A research study reported in Pediatric Diabetes showed that, compared to multiple daily insulin shots, children on insulin pump therapy for 12 months significantly and consistently lowered their A1C levels.3 Many diabetes-related health problems—such as eye, kidney and heart disease—are the result of high levels of blood glucose affecting organs over time. So doctors are encouraged that today’s young diabetes patients can achieve consistent, lower blood sugar levels from an early age, that can continue for a lifetime.
When their blood sugar isn’t spiking up and down, kids feel better throughout the day, which helps active kids do all the things they like to do.
2 Weinzimer S, Ahern J H, Doyle E, Vincent M, Dziura J, Steffen A, Tamborlane W. Persistence of benefits of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion in very young children with type 1 diabetes: a follow-up report. Pediatrics. 2004;114:1601-1605.
3 Ahern J H, Boland E, Doane R, Ahern J J, Rose P, Vincent M, Tamborlane W. Insulin pump therapy in pediatrics: a therapeutic alternative to safely lower HbA1C levels across all age groups. Pediatric Diabetes. 2002;3:10-15.
Too low a level of glucose (sugar) in the blood. This occurs when a person with diabetes has injected too much insulin, eaten too little food, or has exercised without extra food. A person with hypoglycemia may feel nervous, shaky, weak, or sweaty, and have a headache, blurred vision, and hunger. Hypoglycemia is treated by consuming a carbohydrate-rich food such as a glucose tablet or juice. It may also be treated with an injection of glucagon if the person is unconscious or unable to swallow. Also called an insulin reaction.
A test that measures a person's average blood glucose level over the past 2 to 3 months. Hemoglobin (HEE-mo-glo-bin) is the part of a red blood cell that carries oxygen to the cells and sometimes joins with the glucose in the bloodstream. Also called hemoglobin A1C or glycosylated (gly-KOH-sih-lay-ted) hemoglobin, the test shows the amount of glucose that sticks to the red blood cell, which is proportional to the amount of glucose in the blood.
The two bean-shaped organs that filter wastes from the blood and form urine. The kidneys are located near the middle of the back. They send urine to the bladder.
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"For Those Who Count the Most" is a booklet about children, diabetes, and insulin pump therapy. This is a helpful guide for parents, caregivers, and healthcare professionals.
To download the "Pumps and Kids" brochure, click here.
There are also a number of organizations dedicated to providing information and support to the families of children with diabetes. Two such examples are:
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