Ways To Prevent Being Diagnosed With Diabetes
Finding out your child has type 1 diabetes can be terrifying, and figuring out how to work diabetes care management into your life can be downright overwhelming. If you are a two-parent family, sit down, cry a little, and then read this list together and divide up the tasks. Communication between parents as you approach the steep diabetes learning curve will be essential. Below you'll find a checklist for parents of newly diagnosed children with diabetes.
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
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Diabetes
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Diabetic Nephropathy
Source: Harvard Decision Guide
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