Type 1 Diabetes: Treatment for Your Diabetes
This section focuses on the medical management of type 1 diabetes, which includes insulin replacement therapy by injection as well as the pump.
It stresses the importance of blood sugar self-monitoring, learning how to adjust your food and insulin to prevent/correct highs and lows with the ultimate goal of avoiding as many short- and long-term complications of diabetes as possible.
Safely treating type 1 diabetes
This section includes information about:
- Monitoring your blood sugar
- Ketone testing: urine or blood
- Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)
- Insulin/medication options
- Insulin pumps