Role of the Professionals Role of the Professionals One of the many professionals involved is the paediatric diabetes nurse, which will be the main carer for the child with diabetes. The paediatric diabetes nurse specialists undertake home visits and telephone contact with other professionals involved in a child care e.g. health visitors, GPs, nurseries, schools. After diagnosis children continue to have
Read moreThe Process of Referral of Diabetes Type 1 In the process of the referral the first factor which would contribute to this is if you are developing any of the signs of diabetes type 1 or you witness any of the signs of diabetes on your child. If you suspect any of the sign or symptoms of diabetes type 1,
Read moreSigns and Symptoms Signs and symptoms occur because some or all of the glucose stays in the blood and it isn’t being used as fuel for energy. The body will try to reduce blood glucose levels by flushing the excess glucose out of the body in the urine. Some of the main signs include passing urine more often than usual,
Read moreCauses of Diabetes Type 1 Causes For diabetes type 1 there is no real causes for the condition but, there are risk factors that go along with the disease that increase the chances of you developing diabetes. There are certain known risk factors, these include a family history. Any child with a parent or siblings with type 1 diabetes have
Read moreWhat is Diabetes Type 1? According to the NHS “Diabetes is a lifelong condition that causes a person’s blood sugar, glucose level to become too high’ In your body the hormone insulin, which is produced by the pancreas is responsible for controlling the amount of glucose in the blood. Type 1 diabetes is where the pancreas doesn’t produce any
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