Insulin injections and blood sugar levels

Insulin injections aren't scary or yucky, but are a normal part of managing type 1 diabetes.


This is what an insulin injection needle looks like. Remember, a person with type 1 diabetes needs to have these every day.

If the person who has type 1 diabetes skips their insulin injections, they will feel exactly like before they found out they had type 1 diabetes. They could be feeling really tired and thirsty, or losing weight. Everything could look blurry or they could be weeing a lot.

If a person who has type 1 diabetes has too much insulin, they could get really sick too. Without enough insulin to unlock sugar for cells, the person with type 1 diabetes could be really hungry, dizzy, feeling tired, confused, or have a headache.


Is your friend with type 1 diabetes feeling sick? Watch out for them. Friends are a great part of life.

To make sure that they do not have too much or too little sugar in their blood, it is very important a person with type 1 diabetes needs to have their blood sugar levels regularly checked.


This is the machine that takes blood sugar levels. This machine is really important.

It is really important if you see your friend looking sick like we have just talked about, that you remind them about taking their blood sugar levels. If a type 1 diabetes kid is sick, they could really hurt themselves!

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