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This section is for under 18's and contains a great interactive tool to help you and your family learn more about diabetes.

Managing Diabetes

- The interactive web tool for children and families. It may be helpful to look at this section with your parents at first.

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Helping others pump

School bus

Parents are pumped up

Because severe hypoglycemia and health risks are down.
As any parent of a child with diabetes knows, low blood sugar episodes (hypoglycemia) can be sudden and frightening.

The good news: Insulin pump therapy has been shown to significantly decrease severe hypoglycemia in youth. Recent studies showed that adolescents and young children on insulin pump therapy had over 50% fewer episodes.1,2

Today’s children with diabetes also have the opportunity for better blood glucose control than any generation before.

A research study reported in Pediatric Diabetes showed that, compared to multiple daily insulin shots, children on insulin pump therapy for 12 months significantly and consistently lowered their A1C levels.3 Many diabetes-related health problems—such as eye, kidney and heart disease—are the result of high levels of blood glucose affecting organs over time. So doctors are encouraged that today’s young diabetes patients can achieve consistent, lower blood sugar levels from an early age, that can continue for a lifetime.

When their blood sugar isn’t spiking up and down, kids feel better throughout the day, which helps active kids do all the things they like to do.

Episodes of severe low blood sugar in children

1 Nimri R, Weintrob N, Benzaquen H, Ofan R, Fayman G, Phillip M. Insulin pump therapy in youth with type 1 diabetes: a retrospective paired study. Pediatrics. 2006;117:2126-2131.
2 Weinzimer S, Ahern J H, Doyle E, Vincent M, Dziura J, Steffen A, Tamborlane W. Persistence of benefits of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion in very young children with type 1 diabetes: a follow-up report. Pediatrics. 2004;114:1601-1605.
3 Ahern J H, Boland E, Doane R, Ahern J J, Rose P, Vincent M, Tamborlane W. Insulin pump therapy in pediatrics: a therapeutic alternative to safely lower HbA1C levels across all age groups. Pediatric Diabetes. 2002;3:10-15.

Too low a level of glucose (sugar) in the blood. This occurs when a person with diabetes has injected too much insulin, eaten too little food, or has exercised without extra food. A person with hypoglycemia may feel nervous, shaky, weak, or sweaty, and have a headache, blurred vision, and hunger. Hypoglycemia is treated by consuming a carbohydrate-rich food such as a glucose tablet or juice. It may also be treated with an injection of glucagon if the person is unconscious or unable to swallow. Also called an insulin reaction.

A test that measures a person's average blood glucose level over the past 2 to 3 months. Hemoglobin (HEE-mo-glo-bin) is the part of a red blood cell that carries oxygen to the cells and sometimes joins with the glucose in the bloodstream. Also called hemoglobin A1C or glycosylated (gly-KOH-sih-lay-ted) hemoglobin, the test shows the amount of glucose that sticks to the red blood cell, which is proportional to the amount of glucose in the blood.

The two bean-shaped organs that filter wastes from the blood and form urine. The kidneys are located near the middle of the back. They send urine to the bladder.

So why pump?

How about more freedom...

With the ACCU-CHEK® Combo system, you can eat what you want when you want, without a lot of food/insulin “juggling.”

Better health…

Health risks are reduced by up to 76%

The precise insulin doses that you can achieve with a pump can lead to less fluctuation in blood sugar readings, better A1C readings, and a reduced risk of major health issues like stroke, kidney disease, heart attacks and eye damage.1,2 Even a 1% improvement in your A1C score greatly reduces your risk of diabetes complications.3

And a life more like one without diabetes.

People with diabetes on insulin injections are like Boy Scouts. They always have to be prepared. And, while wearing the ACCU-CHEK Combo system doesn’t mean you can throw out your emergency kit, pump therapy can help keep you prepared without the inconvenience of shots. Instead of having to stop what you’re doing to take shots, the ACCU-CHEK Spirit Combo insulin pump helps automate your insulin therapy and keeps you going all day long.

Injection vs. Pumping

1 Diabetes Control and Complications Trial Research Group. The effect of intensive treatment of diabetes on the development and progression of long-term complications in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. New Engl J Med. 1993;329:977-986.
2 Diabetes Control and Complications Trial/Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications Study Research Group. Intensive diabetes treatment and cardiovascular disease in patients with type 1 diabetes. New Engl J Med. 2005;353:2634-2653.
3 Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Diabetes Fact Sheet, 2003. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/Diabetes/pubs/pdf/ndfs_2005.pdf. Accessed January 22, 2008.

The main sugar found in the blood and the body's main source of energy. Also called blood sugar.

The two bean-shaped organs that filter wastes from the blood and form urine. The kidneys are located near the middle of the back. They send urine to the bladder.

Harmful effects of diabetes such as damage to the eyes, heart, blood vessels, nervous system, teeth and gums, feet and skin, or kidneys. Studies show that keeping blood glucose, blood pressure, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels close to normal can help prevent or delay these problems.

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ACCU-CHEK 360°ACCU-CHEK 360° Diabetes Managment Software

A user-friendly software program that clearly displays your diabetes information, helping you make better decisions and enable better communications with your doctor.

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ACCU-CHEK insulin pump carrying cases and skins allow you to wear your pump in a variety of locations.

How much do your numbers change throughout the day?

See how reducing highs and lows can help you feel better. Watch the video now.

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