Author: Dr Ragnar Hanas

The number of children with Type 1 diabetes is steadily increasing, and while research continues to search for a cure, the expectation is that those afflicted should enjoy a long life and healthy lifestyle. Medical research has conclusively proved that looking after your own diabetes - and keeping your blood glucose level down - is the key to avoiding the pitfalls and long-term risks.

Having diabetes means you need to make yourself better informed than the average doctor, and this remarkable book gives you all the strategies, tips and tricks to get your blood glucose down and keep it in control. This practical, easy-to-read book tells you everything you need to know to take good care of your condition: Dr Ragnar Hanas shows you step-by-step how to become an expert in your own diabetes.

 By understanding your Type 1 diabetes and how to manage it, you can live a full, healthy and happy life.

• Step-by-step guide to achieving optimal health with Type 1 diabetes for young people, their parents, health care professionals, teachers and others
• All the latest information on insulin therapies
• Includes 39 chapters, and over 400 illustrations and cartoons
• Glossary explains 172 medical terms
• Practical checklist and stories of other people with diabetes
• Refers you to self-help and support organisations and websites you may want to visit

Summary of contents:

Topics covered range from ‘how your body works’ to ‘sweets, treats and ice-cream’ and from ‘insulin injection technique’ to ‘long-term complications’ and any number of subjects in-between:

1. Getting to grips with and caring for your own diabetes
2. Background on diabetes and your body
3. Blood glucose and hypoglycaemia
4. Insulin treatment and monitoring your diabetes
5. Nutrition, weight control and exercise
6. Smoking, alcohol, pregnancy and social issues
7. Travel tips
8. Complications
9. Research and new developments
10. Psychology and needle-phobia
11. Well-known people with diabetes

“This extraordinary book…will help you to understand diabetes better and so improve the care of young children with Type 1 Diabetes.”
Dr Peter Swift, Consultant Paediatrician Leicester Royal Infirmary

“It is an incredible book, which deals in depth with every detail of diabetes care in young people and it never ducks any issues.”
Dr Charles Fox, Consultant Physician at Northampton General Hospital

For futher information please visit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) at www.jdrf.org.uk

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