Diabetes

Diagnosis and treatment
Few children have type 2 diabetes, so this article will be concentrating on type 1 diabetes management.

Diabetes and its effects on the family
How your child deals with being diabetic has a lot to do with how you have reacted to the news.

Diabetes and adolescents
Most teenagers who are diabetic have type 1 diabetes, but worldwide, doctors are alarmed by the increase of type 2 diabetes amongst younger and younger people.

Storytelling time for kids with diabetes
Kids & Care SA and Marang House have recently launched an educational DVD package and booklet, in an aim to increase diabetes awareness and management amongst children.

Diabetes in children increasing
Diabetes mellitus has increased drastically, among children as well as adults during the past few years, due to lifestyle changes and modern dietary habits.

Childhood diabetes up threefold
Managing diabetes in children is both more difficult and more easy than you might think.

Diabetic kids in the classroom
As diabetic episodes can be life-threatening, it is important for teachers to know what to do if they have a child living with diabetes in their care.

Diabetes management in children
Children don’t like injections, so the prospect of daily injections and often more than one, is not pleasant.

Your diabetic child at school
Parents need to work in conjunction with schools in order to provide a safe environment for diabetic children.

Tips for teens with diabetes
These are years that bring change, and for diabetic teens, much more responsibility for your diabetes management. These tips might help you cope.

Good news for diabetics
A revolutionary new therapy has been introduced that is set to enhance the everyday lives of diabetics.

Type 2 diabetes in children: an emerging epidemic
The increase in type 2 diabetes among South African children are believed to be directly linked to the increase in child obesity.

Young patients speak out
Talk to young diabetics and it soon becomes clear that the disease requires a lot more than just physical adjustments. Children often feel isolated and rejected by their peers.