17th Jul 2025

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What are the treatment options for type 1 diabetes in children? Dr. Sheeja Madhavan, consultant in paediatric endocrinology in KIMS Hospital, Trivandrum. Type 1 diabetes is caused by a lack of insulin production in the body so the main treatment of type 1 diabetes is replacing the deficient hormone that is giving insulin from outside. So insulin replacement is the most important treatment in type 1 diabetes insulin is not available as tablet or syrup so it will have to be given as injections and a child would need about 4 to 5 injections in a day he or she will have to take injection before each meal and sometimes just before a snack and also at bedtime. Now along with this insulin treatment the child would need to test the blood sugar his or her blood sugar just before the meals or whenever he feels tired or whenever he feels not well he will have to check his blood Sugar's many times in a day 3 or again 3 or 4 times or even 6 times in a day and this blood sugar monitoring is another important component. Equally important are dietary modification eating a healthy balanced diet and exercise also regular daily exercise plays a very important role as well.