diabetes type 1. part 2

Ok so now we know what to look out for if you suspect your child of diabetes. Diabetes type 1. Part 1.   Now I think we should know some other things about diabetes. 

Jessica has insulin shots twice a day the first thing she dose is

She is to have three meals a day and at least three snacks a day if any of these meals or snacks are missed she runs the chance of her bsl dropping to low.

So this her day

• Check bsl
• Injection
• brekky   … all before 9am

10am   have a snack

12 -1pm  lunch

2 -3    another snack

• 5pm check bsl
• injection
• dinner

Dinner needs to be finished by 7pm

After dinner sometime she then needs to have a snack be it ice-cream for desert or a sandwich.

Her bsl should sit at around 7.  This is a good bsl reading if it goes to high she could end up passing out and going into a coma..  This could happen from over eating and not exercising enough in the day. Although she has reached over 23 in the past luckily she has never suffered the effects of her bsl going to high [touch wood]

If her bsl goes down to low this is called HYPOGLYCAEMIA she has a seizure this is the result of not eating enough food with carbs or just being to active. Or a combination of both.  Unfortunately this has happened on several occasions.  With different outcomes each time. For example one time she was not with it just being silly eating paper she thought she was having her lunch then I caught her drinking from the shampoo bottle she thought this was her drink her brain couldn’t comprehend what she was doing.  I was tying to stop her from doing these things and she thought it was hilarious. If I didn’t know better I would have sworn she was on drugs she was off her head. This is really the only way I can put it.  The other times it has happened while asleep so there was no strange behavior  she just started to have a fit. This scared the life out of me the first time it happened all I could do was call an ambulance and let my partner help her I froze.

WHAT TO DO FOR A MILD HYPO

Step 1

Give some fast acting carbohydrate to raise the bsl quickly this should be something that can be eaten or drunk quickly and easily. Older children and teenagers will need more than the younger ones or babies.

• Fruit juice popper
• 4 large jelly beans
• 7 smaller jelly beans
• 10-15g glucose tablets [becarful with theses as they range in size some 1.5g some are 5g. that’s a big difference when dealing with kids.

This is to raise the bsl quickly to get the child out of immediate danger.

STEP 2

This is followed by giving slow acting carbs to keep their bsl at an expectable level. One or two of the following

• 1 slice of bread [with their fav spread to make it yummy]
• 6 jatz biscuits or three sao biscuits
• a cup of milk
• a banana or an apple
• 2 plain biscuits[milk coffee or arrowroot]

just remember before doing any of this that you need to determine that it is indeed a hypo not a hyper [bsl to high]. check the persons sugar if possible.

So even if your child or someone you know doesn’t have diabetes these points will help you if you ever come across some who is having a mild hypo

Thanks

Georgie

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