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Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
KATHRYN Cooney?s daughter was just nine years old when she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, in 2009.
The Lisburn girl displayed all the classic symptoms of the condition, an extreme thirst and frequent visits to the toilet, and before long Sarah (now 14) soon became gravely ill with DKA, diabetic ketoacidosis, a condition where the body?s normal chemical balance causes it to produce poisonous chemicals known as ketones. But Kathryn had no idea about the symptoms of the condition and believed the doctor would simply ?give us a tablet to make her better and send us home.?
She soon realised that Sarah was one of over a thousand children in Northern Ireland who live with Type 1 diabetes. Kathryn last week joined Diabetes UK Northern Ireland at Stormont to mark World Diabetes Day and launch the charity?s new Children and Young Person?s Campaign, which aims to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of Type 1 diabetes.
http://www.lisburntoday.co.uk/news/mother-supports-diabetes-uk-s-children-s-campaign-1-4514138
The Lisburn girl displayed all the classic symptoms of the condition, an extreme thirst and frequent visits to the toilet, and before long Sarah (now 14) soon became gravely ill with DKA, diabetic ketoacidosis, a condition where the body?s normal chemical balance causes it to produce poisonous chemicals known as ketones. But Kathryn had no idea about the symptoms of the condition and believed the doctor would simply ?give us a tablet to make her better and send us home.?
She soon realised that Sarah was one of over a thousand children in Northern Ireland who live with Type 1 diabetes. Kathryn last week joined Diabetes UK Northern Ireland at Stormont to mark World Diabetes Day and launch the charity?s new Children and Young Person?s Campaign, which aims to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of Type 1 diabetes.
http://www.lisburntoday.co.uk/news/mother-supports-diabetes-uk-s-children-s-campaign-1-4514138