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Welcome to SEREN Diabetes at diagnosis-KS3

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All about Me
Some super important things to know about diabetes right now
Me and my emotions
Your diabetes team
Wellbeing reminder
What is Diabetes?
What is Type 1 diabetes?
Where is insulin produced?
4Ts
Quiz
Insulin and Diabetes
Introduction to insulin and diabetes
Bolus and Basal insulin
Injection sites
Giving an insulin injection
Rotating your injection sites
Quiz
Glucose and Ketone Monitoring
Glucose monitoring
Useful times to check blood glucose
Recording blood glucose readings
Ketones
HbA1c
Honeymoon period
Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM)/flash monitoring
Quiz
Food and Diabetes
Food is an important part of life
The Eatwell Guide
Nutrients
Learning more about carbohydrate
Quiz
Hypoglycaemia
What is hypoglycaemia
Causes of hypoglycaemia
Signs and symptoms
Treating your hypos
Severe hypos
Quiz
Activity and Diabetes
Keeping active
Managing blood glucose during activity
Carbohydrate adjustments for exercise
Carbohydrate for exercise
Carbohydrate Counting
Introducing carbohydrate counting
Carbohydrate counting resources
Calculating carbohydrate by weighing portions
Quiz
Insulin Dose Adjusting
Insulin dose adjusting
Insulin to carbohydrate ratio (ICR)
Insulin sensitivity factor (ISF) or correction dose
Quiz
Illness and Diabetes
Illness and Diabetes
Low blood glucose levels
Sick day rules
Calculating extra insulin dose for illness
Quiz
Wellbeing
What is Wellbeing?
Riding the waves – living alongside diabetes
Being kind to yourself
Top tips for coping
Expectations
Things you can expect from us
Clinics
Getting involved with research
Summary
References and Helpful Links
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