A Guide for Families: Diabetes Care for Children and Teens ...

A Guide for Families:

Diabetes Care for

Children and Teens

with Type 1 Diabetes

A Guide for Families:

Diabetes Care for

Children and Teens

with Type 1 Diabetes

Overwaitea Food Group banners including

Save-On-Foods, PriceSmart Foods, Overwaitea

Foods, Urban Fare, Cooper¡¯s Foods and Bulkley

Valley Foods provide funding for Child Health BC

activities and programs.

In 2007, the Overwaitea Food Group made a $20

million pledge towards Child Health BC.



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2.

What is Diabetes

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How the body uses sugar for energy

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What is type 1 diabetes?

Checking Blood Sugar

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6.

Low Blood Sugar

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Low blood sugar

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Glucagon for severe low blood sugar

Insulin

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Insulin Action times

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How do I give insulin?

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Where can I give insulin?

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Taking care with insulin and sharps

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Mixing insulin from vials

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Mixing insulin from insulin pen cartridges

Food

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Food choices for children and teens with type 1 diabetes

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Speed of sugar: Fast facts about food

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Graph: How quickly do foods and drinks raise blood sugar?

Activity

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7.

Checking blood sugar

Physical activity and type 1 diabetes

High Blood Sugar and Ketones

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What should I do if the blood sugar is high?

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What are ketones

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What are the warning signs of DKA?

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What causes DKA and how can it be prevented?

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February 2017

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