Hypoglycaemia
A guide to help parents/carers of children with Type 1 Diabetes to detect, treat and prevent hypoglycaemia (hypos). Part of NDR-UK's paediatric diabetes range.
Advice requires some explanation from a Health Professional who has basic nutrition knowledge to enable correct implementation.
To ensure optimal growth and development by encouraging and promoting self-management of diabetes.
To support the patient/client and their carers to adopt dietary practice to help avoid long-term diabetes complications.
The Target Group will:
- Understand how CHO affects blood glucose levels.
- Understand the importance of monitoring and keeping a diary to record BG, insulin, CHO etc.
- Know target BG range and how to respond:
- to correct high blood glucose
- to prevent, detect and respond to hypoglycaemia
- Mark A. Sperling (eds) ISPAD Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines 2014
- Francesca Annan, Physical Activity and Diabetes – health benefits and management strategies for children and young people. Diabetes care for Children & Young People – vol 2 No 1 2013
- Carmel Smart, Both Dietary Protein and Fat Increase Postprandial Glucose Excursions in Children with type 1 diabetes, and the Effect is Additive. Diabetes care volume 36: 3897 – 3902 December 2013
- Frances Hanson, Karen Ross, Expressing carbohydrate ratios, Diabetes care for Children & Young People – vol 2 No 1 2013
- Diabetes Action Plan, The Scottish Government (2010), The Scottish Government, Edinburgh.
- D De Silva, Helping people help themselves. A review of the evidence considering whether it’s worthwhile to support self-management, The Health Foundation, London. (2011)
- Guidance on the use of patient education models for diabetes, Technology, Appraisal 60, NICE (2003) London.
Related Resources
Corrections
- Pack size: 10
- Classification: HP
- NDR-UK ref: 9437
Physical Activity
- Pack size: 10
- Classification: HP
- NDR-UK ref: 9414