Diabetes

 Diabetes 

• Awareness of diabetes.

• How insulin works and what happens in diabetes.

• Simple and complex carbohydrates.

• Key features and causes of type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

• Risk factors associated with developing diabetes.

• Signs and symptoms of diabetes.

• The impact of a diagnosis.

• How to manage diabetes including diet, medication and insulin.

• Complications of diabetes.

- Hypoglycaemia signs, symptoms and treatment.

- Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) signs, symptoms and treatment.