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Child diabetes treatment
After diagnosis, you and your child will be learning so much, from what diabetes is to how best to manage it. In addition to ensuring that insulin is taken according to your doctor's recommendation, you will want to help your child monitor his or her health. This includes regular blood tests done both in your doctor's surgery and at home.
Oral treatments
If your child is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. which is less common in children than type 1, then he or she may be prescribed tablets to control their blood glucose and insulin levels.
Insulin
Insulin normally has to be injected 1 to 4 times a day and your doctor will prescribe either a single type of insulin or a mixture of them. Insulin types includes:
- Rapid-acting: to be injected before, during or after meals. Acts quickly and last about 2 to 5 hours
- Short-acting: to be injected 15 to 30 minutes before a meal. Can last up to 8 hours
- Long-acting: to be injected once a day. Lasts for approximately 24 hours
Sometimes the type of insulin is changed. Advice about managing this process is given at the end of this booklet.
