Learn the symptoms, causes and treatment of hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia, or low and high blood sugar levels.
Checking blood sugar levels is the best way to tell how well your child is balancing their insulin, sugar from food, and exercise. Learn how to monitor this.
An overview of what to expect when your child is diagnosed with diabetes, and you will need to learn to manage living with diabetes.
Discover how to help your teenager manage their diabetes and how it will affect their day-to-day lives.
Type 2 diabetes is less common in children and teens than in adults. Learn the signs of type 2 diabetes and how it is diagnosed.
Maintaining a healthy diet is an essential part of diabetes management. Learn why it's so important.
Insulin requirements will change as your child grows and develops. Learn why this is required and when to make adjustments.
Learn how people with diabetes measure their blood sugar levels and why it is important to do so.
Find out why understanding the relationships between food, insulin, activity and high or low blood sugar readings is important for diabetes management.
Learn what the potential complications of diabetes are, the risk factors and how they can be reduced.
Diabetes is a life-long condition. Learn what causes it and what role insulin plays in the body.
Find out what the glycemic index is and how it factors in to your child's diabetes management.
Being sick can impact your child's blood sugar levels. Find tips on how to manage diabetes on sick days.
Insulin allows sugar to be stored as energy. Learn what role insulin plays in diabetes management.
Kidney disease may occur later in life as a result of diabetes. Learn about diabetic nephropathy, diagnosis and treatment.
Diabetic ketoacidosis occurs when there is a serious lack of insulin in the body. Learn why this happens, symptoms, and how to prevent it.
Learn how often your child needs to be screened for diabetes complications and what you can expect from each test and screening.
In type 2 diabetes, the body does not produce enough insulin, or it cannot properly use what it produces. Learn how type 2 diabetes is managed.
Exercise will have an impact on your child's blood sugar levels. Learn how to adjust insulin accordingly.
Although there is no cure for diabetes, the condition can be effectively managed. Learn how to properly test and manage blood sugar levels.
Learn about the diabetes care team, who is involved and what to expect during clinic visits.
An overview of helping your child make the transition from pediatric to adult diabetes care. Find out when they should start transitioning and what to expect in the future.
Find out what to expect when your infant, toddler or preschooler has diabetes, and what you need to know to manage it.
Discover how to help keep your child healthy and keep their diabetes under control now and in the future.
Find out what a hemoglobin A1c test is and why your child requires one.
