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Diabetes Awareness Month: Day 26

“When a child’s blood sugar is high or low, they may also have extreme emotions such as crying easily and being short-tempered.”

Every day during Diabetes Awareness Month, I will share a fact, tip, or thought on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.

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Diabetes Awareness Month: Day 25

“Adults can develop type 1 diabetes too but are sometimes misdiagnosed as having type 2. A term you may not have heard is LADA: latent autoimmune diabetes in adults.”

Every day during Diabetes Awareness Month, I will share a fact, tip, or thought on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.

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Diabetes Awareness Month: Day 24

“People with type 1 diabetes do not make their own insulin and must get it via injection or insulin pump. They would die without it.”

Every day during Diabetes Awareness Month, I will share a fact, tip, or thought on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.

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Diabetes Awareness Month: Day 23

“A common misconception is that when children become adults, their type 1 diabetes will become type 2 diabetes.”

Every day during Diabetes Awareness Month, I will share a fact, tip, or thought on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.

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Diabetes Awareness Month: Day 22

“Ketones don’t only develop with high blood sugars; they can also develop with lows, such as with the stomach flu. Check ketones anytime a child vomits.”

Every day during Diabetes Awareness Month, I will share a fact, tip, or thought on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.

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Diabetes Awareness Month: Day 21

“Illnesses that keep most children home from school for a day can send kids with diabetes to the hospital. The stomach flu can quickly become an emergency situation.”

Every day during Diabetes Awareness Month, I will share a fact, tip, or thought on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.

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Diabetes Awareness Month: Day 20

“Growth hormones, puberty, and illness can cause blood sugars to rise. Children with diabetes might need more insulin during growth spurts, the tween/teen years, and when they are sick.”

Every day during Diabetes Awareness Month, I will share a fact, tip, or thought on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.

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Diabetes Awareness Month: Day 19

“One plus one doesn’t always equal two with diabetes. You can do the same thing three days and get different results. Lots of factors affect blood sugars.”

Every day during Diabetes Awareness Month, I will share a fact, tip, or thought on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.

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Diabetes Awareness Month: Day 18

“The sugar alcohols in sugar-free candy can cause gastrointestinal problems such as diarrhea, especially in younger kids. Regular candy can be a better option with insulin to cover it. It’s a myth that sugar-free is always better for people with diabetes.”

Every day during Diabetes Awareness Month, I will share a fact, tip, or thought on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.

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Diabetes Awareness Month: Spreading the Word Outside of the Online Community

I wrote this in 2012, but it still rings true and I thought it was worth sharing again.

I’ve wondered lately if all this awareness-raising we do during Diabetes Awareness Month isn’t just preaching to the choir. Does anyone hear us who isn’t already affected by diabetes?

I was writing to our school’s parent email list and decided that I wanted to throw in a little diabetes information to help educate and advocate.

Hopefully, it will help someone better understand what type 1 diabetes is and isn’t. Hopefully, it wil...