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01-07-2020 | Insulins | Editorial Commentary
Challenges of Achieving an Optimum Glycemic Control in Children with Type 1 Diabetes in India
Author:
Anju Seth
Published in:
Indian Journal of Pediatrics
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Issue 7/2020
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Excerpt
Achieving and sustaining a good glycemic control while a child with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) integrates diabetes care in his daily life routine, is a big challenge. As the child with diabetes grows, he undergoes a variety of physical, psychological and life style changes. Changes in his own understanding of the disease, increasing self-reliance in diabetes management as parents gradually relinquish their control, academic compulsions, peer pressure for leading a certain lifestyle, all tend to influence the glycemic control. …