Publisher's Synopsis
As soon as you find out that you or your child has type 1 diabetes, you are horrified. A thousand and one questions pop up in your head: What happens with type 1 diabetes?
- What can be done to cure diabetes?
- How can diabetes be controlled?
- What is life like with diabetes?
- How do I explain it to a child?
- What is the cause of diabetes?
- Why did it happen to me?
Of course, there is a catch: you will have to control your type 1 diabetes for the rest of your life. But you will be amazed that living with diabetes is even healthier than living without it.If your child has type 1 diabetes, you need to prepare him/her and teach him/her how to live with diabetes. He/she should know
- What is type 1 diabetes?
- What complications diabetes causes?
- What treatment options are available for managing diabetes?
- How to get insulin? What diet is best for type 1 diabetes?
- How much time should a child spend on sport and play?
- How can he/she measure my blood sugar at home?
- How can diabetes complications be recognized and prevented?
Diabetes is like a shadow of you or your child. Like a shadow, it will always be with you. Like a shadow you will forget that it is even there If you control it, . And in the not too distant future, you or your child will be cured of type 1 diabetes.