Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
SHE?S just six years old, but Alyssa Easby has had to endure at least five injections a day to manage her diabetes.
Now that is set to change as the youngster tests a new diabetic pump.
A small tube is inserted into the body, which regularly provides insulin.
The level is regulated by an electronic device that is carried in a pouch, avoiding the need for as many injections.
Insulin levels can be changed by pressing a button.
Alyssa, and her parents Ann, 42, and Stewart, 49, have been visiting Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, for the past four weeks to learn how to use the pump.
Ann, a part-time receptionist, of Portsmouth Road, Horndean, said: ?Since Alyssa was diagnosed at 16 months old with Type 1 diabetes, she?s had at least five injections a day.
http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/he...etes-pump-is-a-hit-with-qa-children-1-4810954
Now that is set to change as the youngster tests a new diabetic pump.
A small tube is inserted into the body, which regularly provides insulin.
The level is regulated by an electronic device that is carried in a pouch, avoiding the need for as many injections.
Insulin levels can be changed by pressing a button.
Alyssa, and her parents Ann, 42, and Stewart, 49, have been visiting Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, for the past four weeks to learn how to use the pump.
Ann, a part-time receptionist, of Portsmouth Road, Horndean, said: ?Since Alyssa was diagnosed at 16 months old with Type 1 diabetes, she?s had at least five injections a day.
http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/he...etes-pump-is-a-hit-with-qa-children-1-4810954