The Hospital of Getafe teaches diabetic children to control their disease in summer camps.

-hospital staff will be at 54 Madrid children and taught to perform daily control of the disease

-near 8,000 under with diabetes type 1 in the Madrid

Spain, August of 2011- the University Hospital of Getafe collaborates in the (Federation) FADCAM summer camps (of associations of people with diabetes in the community of Madrid) through the participation of the nursing staff, which is responsible for the training of children and the day-to-day control of the disease diabetológica.

On this occasion, 54 children will come to San Pablo de los Montes and Talayuelas camps with the aim of holiday activities of leisure and free time at the same time that improve learning about your disease. The bottom line is that they learn to control their disease independently, without the supervision and control of their parents; you lose their fear, who know your symptoms and how to handle them; In short, learn to live with diabetes, not for diabetes ”, explains the instructor in the University Hospital of Getafe, Pilar Carpenter diabetes.

Every day, children spend two hours of your time to receive training diabetológica, how to control their sugar levels and administer insulin, learn how to detect and prevent complications, know the importance of a correct diet to lead a normal life and everything, without neglecting the activities of a summer campsuch as sports and games. This encourages their self-esteem and autonomy, to normalize a situation they have to learn to live together.

Diabetes is a chronic condition characterized by a deficiency in the production of the hormone insulin secreted by the pancreas, which produces an inadequate use of glucose. The patient coexists with her thanks to the administration of drugs or the injection of insulin, but if you do not control adequately can be significant complications such as hypoglycaemia (lack of blood sugar) and hyperglycemia (excess glucose in the blood), which in the long term can lead to other diseases such as Neuropathiesretinopathy and cardiovascular effects. That is why it is vital that patient is formed, understand your situation and learn to deal with it as soon as possible.

At present it is estimated that nearly 1 ’ 5% of the Madrid children with Diabetes type 1, which means approximately 8,000 cases. Given the prevalence of this disease, its consequences and the need to learn to control it as quickly as possible, the Madrid hospitals have monitors of adults and children especially prepared to teach the patient to deal with it. Workshops, breakfasts and own consultation do for patients seeking to improve their quality of life substantially.