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Diabetes
Diabetes Information
-Diabetes Facts
-History of Diabetes
-Causes of Diabetes
-Diabetes Complications
-Diabetes Education
-Diabetes Research
Diabetes Mellitus
-Diabetes Mellitus Symptoms
-Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
-Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
-Diabetes Mellitus Treatment
Types of Diabetes
Type 1 Diabetes
-Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
-Type 1 Diabetes Symptoms
-Type 1 Diabetes Diet
-Type 1 Diabetes Cure
Type 2 Diabetes
-Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
-Type 2 Diabetes Symptoms
-Type 2 Diabetes Causes
-Type 2 Diabetes Diet
-Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes
-Type 2 Diabetes Medications
Gestational Diabetes
-Gestational Diabetes Test
-Gestational Diabetes Symptoms
-Gestational Diabetes Diet Plan
-Gestational Diabetes Treatment
Juvenile Diabetes
-Juvenile Diabetes Symptoms
-Juvenile Diabetes Treatment
Diabetes Insipidus
-Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus
-Treatment for Diabetes Insipidus
Feline Diabetes
Diabetes Symptoms
-Signs of Diabetes
Also: Diabetes Sign Symptoms
-Type 2 Diabetes Symptoms
Also: Type II Diabetes Symptoms
-Gestational Diabetes Symptoms
-Symptoms, Juvenile Diabetes
Also: Diabetes Symptoms in Child
Glucose
(see also Blood Glucose)
-Glucose Level
Also: Blood Glucose Level
-Glucose Meter
Also: Blood Glucose Meter
-Glucose Monitor
Also: Blood Glucose Monitor
-Glucose Test
Also: Glucose Tolerance Test
-Glucose Intolerance
Diabetes Diet
-Diabetes Food
-Diabetes Nutrition
-Diabetes Diet Plan
-Type 2 Diabetes Diet
Diabetes Supply
-Diabetes Testing Supply
Diabetes Treatment
-Diabetes
Medications
-Alternative Treatment for Diabetes
Insulin
-Insulin Resistance
-Insulin Pump
-Lantus Insulin
Diabetes Care
-Diabetes Management
-Diabetes Associations
-Diabetes Prevention
-Diabetes Cure
Diabetes
is the No. 6 leading causes of deaths in the United States, according to 2001
data from the United States National Center for Health Statistics.
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Juvenile
Diabetes Treatment How Is Juvenile
Diabetes Treated? (For More Information, please see Type 1 Diabetes)
Kids with diabetes have to give their bodies insulin. When a person with
diabetes takes insulin, he is doing the job that the pancreas can't do anymore.
Insulin comes in a liquid that's injected into the body with a needle. When the
insulin goes into the body, it works like insulin from the pancreas, bringing
glucose from the blood into the body's cells so the body can use it for food and
function normally. Usually, a person takes insulin two or more times a day,
every day. Today, some kids and adults with diabetes get their insulin
continuously through a small pump (about the size of a beeper) that they wear.
Diet is also used along with insulin to treat diabetes. This doesn't mean a diet
to lose weight like the ones you see advertised on TV. It means eating healthy
foods and not going overboard with sweets. Kids with diabetes need to think
about what they eat because the sugar in food affects the levels of sugar in the
blood.
Doctors and dietitians (dietitians are specialists who create food plans to help
keep people healthy) figure out how many carbohydrates a kid with diabetes needs
at meals and snacks (carbohydrates are the energy sources in food that the body
turns into sugars). They also decide how much insulin he needs to take.
Balancing the right amount of insulin with the food he eats helps keep his blood
sugar at a healthy level. A kid with diabetes might also sometimes need to eat
extra food when he exercises to keep his blood sugar at the right level.
And speaking of exercise . . . it's good for everybody, and especially for kids
with diabetes. It helps kids with diabetes control their blood sugars, and it
keeps their bodies in good shape. Lots of professional athletes and other active
people developed insulin-dependent diabetes when they were young, and it didn't
stop them - like baseball player Jackie Robinson, ice-hockey player Bobby
Clarke, football quarterback Wade Wilson, and actress/dancer Mary Tyler Moore.
Does Diabetes Make a Person Different?
Kids who have diabetes look like everyone else. And they are like everyone
else - it's just that their bodies don't make insulin anymore. So it's kind of
silly to judge someone based on an organ in his body, right? A kid with diabetes
will have to do special things sometimes, like check his blood sugar (he'll
prick his finger or forearm to get a little blood and test it with a machine to
see how much sugar is there). He might have to eat a snack on the bus during a
long school trip. He might have to wake up earlier than everyone else at a
sleepover so he can take his insulin and have some breakfast to stay on
schedule.
But even though kids with diabetes have to do these things, diabetes doesn't
keep them from doing the stuff they love - which is pretty much all the things
that other kids love! They can still play sports, go out with their friends,
star in the play, sleep over at friends' houses, and go on trips. They can even
have a good time during a class party. The most important thing to remember is
that kids with diabetes like to be treated like everyone else. No one likes to
feel different or weird, and it can really help a kid if he knows that his
friends are cool about his diabetes.
If you know a kid with diabetes, you probably have a lot more things that make
you the same than things that make you different. And if you meet someone with
diabetes, be sure to keep that in mind - because friends are all about having
fun together, not having a perfect pancreas!
(From www.kidshealth.org)
See also
Types of Diabetes
Type 1 Diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes
Gestational Diabetes
Juvenile Diabetes
Diabetes Insipidus
Feline Diabetes
Note:
This diabetes
health education project is supported
by Chong's Health Care at http://www.cljhealth.com, one of the leading companies in the discovery of
alternative
medicines for diabetes.
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