Meet Debbie a young girl with diabetes type 1. Debbie invites readers to learn about this type of diabetes from her perspective, describing how it feels to have high and low blood sugar levels. She explains how she can monitor her blood sugar and controls it with medication. Debbie also talks about the challenges of having diabetes and lets readers know how she can be helped and supported. This illustrated book is ideal for young people aged 7 upwards, as well as parents, friends, teachers and nurses. It is also an excellent starting point for family and classroom discussions.

About the Author

Dr. Julie Edge has been a Consultant in Paediatric Diabetes since 1997, and is the lead clinician for childrens and adolescent diabetes in Oxfordshire, UK. She is the clinical lead for the local Children and Young Peoples Diabetes Network, is involved nationally in the NICE diabetes guideline for children review and the Diabetes Peer Review program, and was on the NHS Diabetes Programme Board for the Department of Health. She is a past chair of the Association of Childrens Diabetes Clinicians in England.

• Paperback:64 pages
• Publisher:Jessica Kingsley Publishers; 1 edition (21 Mar 2014)
• Language:English