Age
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A child's role in their own care changes as they grow. Diabetesliitto splits childhood roughly into pre-schoolers, primary-school children and lower-secondary children, and the age groups below follow the same idea.
At this age, care is essentially all on the adult. The child does not yet make care decisions, so daily life runs on th…
A pre-school child can start taking part in care: being involved in daily measurements, recognising carbohydrate-rich f…
At the start of primary school the child can manage many parts of care under supervision and learns to estimate the car…
This is the transition from a primary-schooler's supervised involvement towards the young person's own active role. The…
In puberty the total insulin need grows: usually both basal and rapid-acting insulin need to go up, and more basal insu…
Sources: diabetes.fi (Diabetesliitto, the Finnish Diabetes Association) and terveyskyla.fi (Diabetestalo / Lastentalo). This app does not replace the individual instructions you receive from your clinic. Insulin doses, correction factors and sick-day rules are always agreed with your own care team.