Helping teens with type 1 diabetes improve diabetes control with MyDiaText
ScienceDaily
URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 155445.htm
Category: healthNews
Published: Thu, 03 Sep 2020 15:54:45 EDT
Description: Adolescence is a difficult period of development, made more complex for those with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). The challenges of managing multiple doses of daily insulin administration, blood glucose monitoring, dietary and exercise requirements, can make self-care difficult and complicate outcomes. Adolescents with T1DM often have poorer diabetes outcomes than others, indicating that glucose control is difficult for them to maintain.