School of Mothers and Fathers of Children with Extremadura Diabetes

Mérida will be the scene of the eighth edition of the School of Mothers and Fathers of Children with Diabetes de Extremadura

This activity aims to "respond" to the need for mothers and fathers of children with diabetes, to "form and get guidance" for the management of their children's disease and thus increase the psychological well -being and quality of life of the whole family.

This Saturday, April 12 , will be held at the Las Lomas de Mérida Hotel, the VIII School of Mothers and Fathers of Children with Diabetes de Extremadura, organized by the Federation of Associations of People with Diabetes de Extremadura(Fadex).

Specifically, this activity aims to "respond" to the need for mothers and fathers of children with diabetes, to "form and get guidance" for the management of their children's disease and thus increase psychological well -being and the quality of life ofThe whole family.

This year's program will be attended by the general director of Public Health of Extremadura, Mercedes García Alonso, who will open the day.Then, with the collaboration of Becton Dickinson, the presentation "The importance of small things: insulin injection technique", which will be carried out by the specialist nurse in therapeutic and diabetological education of the health area of ​​the Gibraltar field, Marisa, Marisa, Marisa, Marisa, Marisa, Marisa,Amaya Baro.

Likewise, the school has the presence of Iñaki Lorente, psychologist and educator in Diabetes, who will teach, with the support of Novo Nordisk, a presentation on “fear of hypoglycemia.Coping strategies ”.According to this specialist, "hypoglycemia is a decrease in blood glucose level that manifests with symptoms such as general discomfort, blurred vision, tachycardia, etc.".

Thus, in his opinion, "it is an unpleasant and, sometimes, dangerous experience that causes both people with diabetes and their close relatives, to develop an intense fear of their appearance; and this fear is the one who can pushTo the parents of children with diabetes to make modifications in the treatment aimed at avoiding them, even if this hinders the proper control of the disease, ”he said.

The morning session will close with the participation of the endocrine pediatrician of the Virgen Hospital of the Port of Plasencia, Gianni Carlone Martín, who will respond to all those doubts that the people attending the day raise, as Fadex reports in a press release.

Finally, in the afternoon session, a round table will take place with the name "Diabetes goes to school" in which Dr. Gianni Carlone will present the infographic "with diabetes at school" for teachers and students.In addition, a responsible for teachers and a student with diabetes will participate, who will share their experiences in relation to diabetes talks taught in schools.

parallel activities

On the other hand, in parallel to this appointment, activities for children between 4 and 12 years will be carried out, in order to "facilitate the assistance" of the parents to the day, as well as to "provide diabetological education tochildren and a means to relate to each other and normalize the disease. "

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