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Type 1 Diabetes: Children Living With the Disease - Home Treatment
12/03/08, HealthwiseThe daily care for your child with type 1 diabetes can seem overwhelming, leading to conflicts between you and your child. Here are some tips that may help:
Type 1 Diabetes: Recently Diagnosed - Home Treatment
09/24/08, HealthwiseYour daily routine now includes new tasks and safety measures because you have type 1 diabetes. You can help keep your blood sugar levels as close to normal as possible by following a routine. This means testing your blood sugar a
Type 1 Diabetes: Living With the Disease - Topic Overview
10/03/08, HealthwiseThis topic provides information for teens and their parents and for adults who have type 1 diabetes. Before reading this topic, you may want to read Type 1 Diabetes: Recently Diagnosed.
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Type 1 Diabetes: Living With the Disease - Cause
10/03/08, HealthwiseYou have type 1 diabetes because your pancreas can no longer produce insulin. When your pancreas was working, it adjusted the amount of insulin it made based on your changing blood sugar. But insulin injections cannot control your
Type 1 Diabetes: Living With the Disease - What Happens
10/03/08, HealthwiseYour experience with type 1 diabetes will be different from that of other people. But your treatment will be the same: taking insulin, eating a balanced diet that spreads carbohydrate throughout the day, getting regular exercise,
Type 1 Diabetes: Living With the Disease - What Increases Your Risk
10/03/08, HealthwiseType 1 diabetes puts you at risk for high and low blood sugar and complications.
Type 1 Diabetes: Living With the Disease - When To Call a Doctor
10/03/08, HealthwiseCallor other emergency services immediately if you or your child is:
Type 1 Diabetes: Living With the Disease - Exams and Tests
10/03/08, HealthwiseYou need to see your doctor about every 3 to 6 months throughout your life for tests and exams to see how you are doing and to adjust your treatment for type 1 diabetes.
Type 1 Diabetes: Living With the Disease - Prevention
10/03/08, HealthwiseTaking insulin for type 1 diabetes helps keep your blood sugar at normal levels. But insulin by injection cannot exactly match the minute-by-minute adjustments your pancreas would make on its own. So you will have low and high blo
Type 1 Diabetes: Living With the Disease - Home Treatment
10/03/08, HealthwiseType 1 diabetes requires daily attention to diet, exercise, and insulin. You may have times when this job feels overwhelming, but taking good care of yourself will help you will feel better, have a better quality of life, and prevent or d
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You may find that soon after you are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes your blood sugar levels return to normal. You are in what is called the "honeymoon period." But you will need to take insulin again.
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