Dr. Teresa Pedro, a specialist in endocrinology and nutrition in the Department of Internal Medicine Hospital de Dénia, gave last Friday, September 23, a presentation on the physical and psychological changes that affect adolescents and their incidence when there is a "normalized transition or not towards the adult stage."
For Dr. Pedro, "A teenager with diabetes must not only deal with the pressures of their school environment, or with the effects of the hormones themselves, but also must understand that controlling their blood glucose levels is essential for their good health".
That is why he considers that "Diabetes education is the most effective and efficient way to work on patients who have diabetes, they require a series of knowledge, skills and abilities that make them able to manage and decide on their own disease in order to achieve a quality of full life".
