Endocrine Glands, Growth & Diabetes

• Helping Your Child Adjust to Diabetes

  Learn all you can about diabetes so you’ll be better prepared to talk about it with your child.

• Helping Your Young Athlete With Type 1 Diabetes

  Kids with type 1 diabetes can play sports and exercise at the same level as other kids.

• How Being Active Helps Kids With Type 1 Diabetes

  Diabetes doesn’t have to get in the way of exercise and sports competition. Like anyone else, kids with diabetes are healthier if they get plenty of exercise.

• How to Give an Insulin Injection

  This step-by-step graphic shows how to give an insulin injection.

• Hyperglycemia and Diabetes

  When blood glucose levels (also called blood sugar levels) are too high, it’s called hyperglycemia. A major goal in controlling diabetes is to keep blood sugar levels as close to the healthy range as possible.

• Hyperthyroidism and Graves’ Disease

  Hyperthyroidism happens when the thyroid gland sends too much thyroid hormone into the blood. The most common cause of hyperthyroidism is Graves’ disease.

• Hypoglycemia and Diabetes

  When blood glucose levels drop too low, it’s called hypoglycemia. Very low blood sugar levels can cause severe symptoms that require immediate treatment.

• Hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis

  An underactive thyroid makes too little thyroid hormone, causing hypothyroidism. Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, which causes most cases of hypothyroidism in kids and teens, is a condition in which the immune system attacks the thyroid.

• Insulin Injections

  Before giving an insulin injection, know the basics so you can set up and do it safely and with confidence.

• Insulin Resistance

  Insulin resistance happens when the body does not respond properly to insulin. It can can raise a child’s risk for type 2 diabetes and other health problems.