PIF Categories: Paediatrics
Making changes to insulin doses: ten top tips
Information for parents of children with diabetes and their families Guidance To keep blood glucose (BG) levels within range while you/your child grows, you will need to change insulin doses […]
Crying and feeding issues
Advice and help for people looking after young infants who may have worries about crying and feeding issues is available on the NHS.uk website: Please follow this link to tips […]
Following a first seizure without a fever in children and young people – information for parents and carers
This information is from the Royal College of paediatrics and child health. Introduction Seeing a child or young person having a seizure can be frightening. Most seizures do not cause […]
Gastroenteritis – advice for parents and carers of children aged 5 years old and under
Gastroenteritis – advice for parents and carers of children aged 5 years old and under Please download the leaflet published by the Children and Young People Urgent Care Advisory Group
Childhood illnesses: Fevers – advice for parents and carers of children under 5
Advice for parents and carers of children aged 5 years old and under Published by the Children and Young People Urgent Care Advisory Group
Complications of diabetes explained
All of these complications can sound very frightening. However, it is important that you know about them, because the risk of getting any or all of these complications can be […]
Sick day rules for children and young people with diabetes
Information produced in association with the Thames Valley Paediatric Diabetes Network For children with diabetes and their families Sickness is an unavoidable part of everyday life. When you are ill […]
Information for parents with a child newly diagnosed with diabetes
Children’s diabetes team Wycombe Hospital Team: 01494 425353 Stoke Mandeville Hospital Team: 01296 315159 Email: buc-tr.paedsdiabetes@nhs.net EMERGENCIES – For advice regarding an unwell child or if recently diagnosed with diabetes […]
Smoking and diabetes (and how to stop)
Everyone knows smoking is bad for your health. But it’s even more important not to smoke if you have diabetes. That’s because smoking can cause many of the same problems […]
Health for girls with diabetes
As a girl or young woman with diabetes there are a few things related to puberty and periods which are important to consider. Puberty and diabetes Puberty (- the time […]