Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4528 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 392 pages

Kenneth J Robertson, Consultant Paediatrician, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow
"This is a unique book. It will appeal not only to the families of a child with diabetes but to all health professionals involved in their care. I learned more practical tips from this book than from any textbook. It is presented in an easy to read style with excellent illustrations throughout. If you look after a child with diabetes then you should have this book."

Peter GF Swift, Consultant Paediatrician, Leicester Royal Infirmary, UK
"The more I read of it, the more I think it is a remarkable resource reference for professionals and parents."

Miss Beverley Beresford, Coventry, UK
"Every question I have, the answer can be found in this book. I can honestly say I have never read such an excellent, detailed, easy - to - understand, book. It is not at all confusing with complicated terminology, like so many books about diabetes are."

Customer Reviews

Fantastic book for ADULTS as well as children
As a recently diagnosed ADULT with diabetes, this book has provided more information than anything I have found which is aimed at the adult market.

It's particularly useful if you are attempting to adjust doses yourself without letting the disease impact too heavily on your life. Each brand of insulin is dealt with separately and in extraordinary depth - and certainly not in a childish way. It is both scientific and sympathetic to the human behind the disease.

Everything the doctors don't quite tell you
I've bought 5 books about diabetes since my 2-yr old was diagnosed with type-1 in November 2007, and this is the best one by miles. It gives you more details than the hospital staff were able or willing to, e.g. time curves of effectiveness of different brands of insulin, how to inject for maximum or most immediate impact, what proportion of the condition is likely to be genetic vs environmental, and what the long-term risks are (which the doctors are definitely reluctant to talk about!) etc.

Had I known that in children with genetic predisposition there was a higher rate of incidence for those who drunk high amounts of cow's milk, I would have restricted my daughter's intake to the recommended amounts (she is keen on milk)!

All in all, it's a book with the science if you want it, and the practical tips you need to manage the condition in the best possible way, which is key to reducing the risk of long-term damage.

Highly recommended.

thank you!!! 100 stars!!!
This book is briliant! I have been diagnosed with type 1 for about a month now and have been given very little information on the whole condition. i.e the iformation is stuff you already know from lessons at school like your immune system has decided to attack you and you will be on insulin for the rest of your life as you can't make it yourself because your pancreus is now kaput.
This book explains so much I haven't yet been able to find a question it dosn't have some kind of answer to from differing types of sweeteners and insulines to having a baby or even minor things that sressed me out like bruses on my tummy explaing that this is normal not something I am doing wrong! with clear pictures, tips and graphs this is a brilliant book for the no.1 carer of someone with this condition weather that is: parents (looking after small children), someone like me who wants to know the facts so she can get on with her life or someone who has had diabetes for a long time there will be something there for you an example is the link between diabetes and hypothyroidism (which I also have) both are autoimmune probablems and how it effects your medication.
I'll be honest I havent bought any other books out there on the condition as I feel this one has it all and then some.
what can i say? buy it now!!
(p.s I agree with a reviewer further down about this book maybe scairing parents a bit just remember the complications it talks about may happen or they maynot depending on how well the individual looks after themselves and there are support groups out there).