Type 1 diabetes

If you or your child are newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, it’s completely natural to feel overwhelmed. Here are eight quick tips that you can use to help you take control.

People often ask what it means when their meter flashes “test ketones”.

People who aren’t familiar with the disease tend to lump type 1 and type 2 diabetes together. However, nothing could be more misguided!

People with type 1 diabetes have absolutely no pancreatic function, so their bodies are unable to make insulin.

When adults are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, it is their right to decide who to tell. It is usually recommended to tell people with whom you spend a lot of time, such as workplace colleagues.

The back-to-school period brings lots of new beginnings. New beginnings are exciting but also bring challenges, especially for students with diabetes in the later years of high school.

Yes, we know – the very thought of your child going off to a party at someone else’s home may at first fill you with horror: away from your control, over-excited, distracted by all the fun, and surrounded by an abundance of enticing high sugar and high carb treats.