Saturday, January 17, 2015

Juvenile Diabetes and Teenagers

» Diabetes 2 symptoms
» Symptoms for diabetes
» diabetes symptoms and treatment
» Pre diabetic symptoms
» Neuropathy in diabetes
» Best medicine for diabetes type 2
» Diabetes type 1 and type 2
» Diabetes recipes
» How to prevent diabetes
» Feet and diabetes
» Herbal medicine for diabetes
» Herbal treatment for diabetes type 2
» pre diabetic diet
» control of diabetes
» pump for diabetes
» risk factors of diabetes
» smoking and diabetes type 2
» diabetes type 2 risk factors
» insulin type 2
» a-1 diabetes
Teenagers are young adults and are ready to take on new responsibilities. If your

teenager has had juvenile diabetes for some time, this is the time to pass the reins of

management over to them. It may seem a bit intimidating to you to let your child take

control of their diabetes but it is the best thing you can do for them. They are

approaching a time in their life when they are going to be going out on their own. For

both your sake and theirs, a comfort level needs to be reached in reading blood sugars,

giving injections and planning appropriate meals.

If your child was a teenager when he or she was first diagnosed, involve them in the

process from the beginning. Their input and the ability to make some decisions will help

them feel in control of a situation they would rather not be in.

The biggest point to stress and make sure your teenager understands is how important it

is to keep proper control of their diabetes. Juvenile diabetes is a serious disease and it has

serious complications if blood sugar levels are not kept under control.

Discuss with your child different scenarios that are sure to arise and try and come up with

solutions or ways to manage them. Drinking can have a negative affect on blood glucose

levels and it is important that a young adult realize the dangers. When they reach legal

age, they need to know how drinking can affect them and ways to incorporate that into

their life if they so choose.

As a parenting, letting go is a hard thing to do but it is necessary to create independent

adults. Trust your child to make the right decisions for their diabetes and be there to

guide them when necessary.


Juvenile Diabetes and Teenagers

No comments:

Post a Comment