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Psychosocial Factors in Type 1 Diabetes
When you live with type 1 diabetes, your everyday normal activities both affect your blood glucose levels and are affected by your blood glucose levels. Every time that you want to eat, exercise, drive, go for a walk around your neighborhood, go out for a drink with friends, there are extra considerations that you have […]
What is Double Diabetes?
You may have heard the term “double diabetes,” but what does that mean? A recent publication in the journal BMC Endocrine Disorders looks at how obesity relates to double diabetes in adults with type 1 diabetes.1 Double diabetes is defined as having type 1 diabetes in combination with insulin resistance, which is the main feature […]
Type 1 Diabetes and SGLT2 Inhibitors
Managing type 1 diabetes and keeping blood sugars within target ranges is complex and challenging. Since 2005, there have been six new medication classes brought to the market in the United States for treating diabetes.1 While many were aimed to help the rising number of people with type 2 diabetes, two classes of medications have […]
Hypoglycemia Unawareness
Diabetes experts believe that around 25% of people living with type 1 diabetes have impaired awareness of hypoglycemia, or hypoglycemia unawareness.1 Given that there are very real acute risks of having hypoglycemia, being able to recognize when your blood sugar is either low or dropping can be lifesaving. In 2021, researchers in the Netherlands conducted […]
Making Meaning of a Life with Diabetes
The expression “when life hands you lemons, make lemonade” may have merit when it comes to living with a chronic condition. This is an outlook with which my parents raised me—that diabetes was tough, but we should remain optimistic. And moreover, that we would help other people do the same, which we have been doing […]
Screening for Celiac Disease
Celiac disease is an autoimmune condition where the body reacts to gluten, a protein that is found in foods such as wheat, barley, and rye.1 When someone with celiac disease consumes gluten, it can damage the lining of the small intestine and cause absorption issues. This can further complicate blood glucose management if the person […]
Using Smart Insulin Pens in Kids
Having options for managing diabetes is so important because people are different and have different needs. This is also important for children who have diabetes, some of whom do not want to wear an insulin pump. What’s great is that there are more options than just pens or syringes, there are also smart pens. What […]
Being a Sibling of a PWD
At CWD, we encourage families who have a child with diabetes to have honest conversations with the siblings of the child with diabetes about their experiences. We have learned through the many families who attend the Friends for Life conferences, and through our own personal experiences, that siblings have their own challenges with diabetes in […]
Exercise and Hybrid Closed Loop Systems
When people hear the word “diabetes” they often think of diet and exercise, given its importance with the management of type 2 diabetes and that type 2 diabetes is much more common than type 1 diabetes. For type 1 diabetes, exercise is also incredibly important, but it can be difficult for people with type 1 […]
Gastroparesis and Hybrid Closed-Loop Systems
Sometimes, despite all the hard work and attempt to stay healthy, diabetes can cause complications. One of those complications is called gastroparesis, which is a type of neuropathy that causes delayed emptying of the stomach.1,2 It causes severe symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and feeling full after very little is eaten, as well as causing […]
