Endocrine Abstracts

In Northern Ireland the annual marching season starts around April/May and can last until the end of September. This is a time when those children and young people with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus who are involved in parades, need advice from the diabetes team regarding the variations in their activity levels. This can be a very delicate subject within the cultural setting, revealing their allegiance for one side of the community or the other and can be very sensitive. As a resul...

Diabetes mellitus education for children, young people and their families has become more complex in recent years, requiring a solid knowledge of mathematics, problem solving and ongoing adjustments as the child grows. The education at time of diagnosis can be overwhelming for many parents who are coming to terms with this lifelong condition. But we, as diabetes teams also expect them to take on new and alien tasks, not only blood glucose testing and injecting insulin, but als...