Category: Diabetes

Hypoglycaemia unawareness occurs when there are frequent episodes of low blood sugar. The body becomes used to the low blood sugar levels and no longer reacts in a normal way. This condition can be dangerous because the early behaviour signs are absent, thus preventing the low blood sugar from being identified and treated before it…

In many parts of the world, a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in a child is a death sentence. Access to insulin and testing supplies is limited in some developing nations. Life for a Child is one organization that helps get insulin and supplies to children throughout the world who would die without it. –…

Insulin is not a cure. Insulin injections or infusions allow a person with type 1 diabetes to stay alive, it do not sure the disease. – #PBNFacts #ProjectBlueNovember the quote is from Project Blue November

Low blood sugar, or hypoglycaemia, is the most common side effect of treating diabetes with insulin. Symptoms of hypoglycaemia include: Sweating, dizziness, shakiness, hunger, tingling sensation around the mouth, pale skin colour, headache, sugar moodiness or behaviour changes, clumsy or jerky movements, seizure, difficulty paying attention – #PBNFacts #ProjectBlueNovember the quote is from Project Blue…

Although diabetes is a serious and difficult disease, treatment options are improving all the time, and people with diabetes can lead full and active lives. – #PBNFacts #ProjectBlueNovember the quote is from Project Blue November

The percentage of people with Type 1 diabetes is far less common than Type 2 diabetes, about 90% – 94% of people with diabetes have Type 2. – #PBNFacts #ProjectBlueNovember the quote is from Project Blue November