Living With Type 1 Diabetes (The Complete Handbook Of Managing Type 1 Diabetes And Its Complications)

The day diabetes is diagnosed in a child, it takes a long time for the parents to reconcile and accept the fact that the child is having Type 1 diabetes. They have to cope with the emotional stress and get mentally prepared for the daily injections of insulin. As the child grows, he/she faces various problems in schools like low sugar levels, headaches, confusion and difficulty in getting good marks. After growing up, he gets problems getting shots during lunch- time and finds difficulty in getting a life partner as Type 1 diabetes is still considered a social stigma. In this book, we will see Type 1 diabetics and their parents overcoming all these hurdles and how they positively overcome them.