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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
THE Hunter is home to the highest incidence of type1 diabetes in NSW, making it a hotspot for the fastest growing chronic disease in Australian children.
The potentially life-threatening condition presents acute challenges for those diagnosed, their families and the regional health serice, experts say.
But thanks to an innovative program developed here, the Hunter is achieving the best diabetic control in young people in Australia.
The program, known as SPIN, involves toddlers wearing an insulin pump, similar to a mobile phone in size, so that insulin can be delivered quickly and regularly.
?We believe that if you can get good control [in] children that they will carry that through to adult life,?? said Associate Professor Patricia Crock, head of paediatric endocrinology and diabetes at John Hunter Children?s Hospital.
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/1172588/hunter-diabetes-hotspot-for-kids/?cs=305
The potentially life-threatening condition presents acute challenges for those diagnosed, their families and the regional health serice, experts say.
But thanks to an innovative program developed here, the Hunter is achieving the best diabetic control in young people in Australia.
The program, known as SPIN, involves toddlers wearing an insulin pump, similar to a mobile phone in size, so that insulin can be delivered quickly and regularly.
?We believe that if you can get good control [in] children that they will carry that through to adult life,?? said Associate Professor Patricia Crock, head of paediatric endocrinology and diabetes at John Hunter Children?s Hospital.
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/1172588/hunter-diabetes-hotspot-for-kids/?cs=305