Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
The latest technology is helping kids with diabetes keep an eye on their blood sugar levels.
There are at least 29,000 kids in the country who have type 1 diabetes.
It means their body doesn't keep track of the amount of sugar in their blood and if it's not monitored it can be quite dangerous.
But a device that plugs into a computer is giving a big helping hand in working out whether blood sugar levels are high or low.
(video 2 minutes)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/17463273
Don't really understand why the number shown on her meter doesn't give her a clue whether she is high or low!
There are at least 29,000 kids in the country who have type 1 diabetes.
It means their body doesn't keep track of the amount of sugar in their blood and if it's not monitored it can be quite dangerous.
But a device that plugs into a computer is giving a big helping hand in working out whether blood sugar levels are high or low.
(video 2 minutes)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/17463273
Don't really understand why the number shown on her meter doesn't give her a clue whether she is high or low!