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Hope-Mongering parent/caregiver support sessions
This month:
Mythbusting Blood Glucose Numbers
BG is a key datapoint in managing T1D, but there are a lot of myths and misunderstandings around what's behind the numbers.
We all want our child's graph to look like rolling hills rather than mountains and canyons, but sometimes that graph can become an obsession. So what happens when the landscape of your kiddo's graph gets rocky? And how much control can we really expect to have?
Join Camp Doc and OHSU pediatric endocrinologist Dr. Linsey Nicol ("Dr. Mocha" at camp) for a research-based conversation on blood sugar, fact and misinformation.
Dr. Nicol will talk about the real physiology behind hyperglycemia (high BG) and hypoglycemia (low BG). What are the long and short-term outcomes of an A1C that's higher than that social media influencer with an A1c of 5.9?
What about low BG? What's going on inside the body when BG drops below 60? What if it's below 60 for a few hours?
Are our notions of diabetes long-term complications outdated? Join us as we dive into the numbers.
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