Diabetes Care Log for Schools

Living with diabetes requires you to manage your disease effectively so that you can improve the quality of your life and lead a healthy life. Diabetes is a disorder of the pancreas and anyone can become a target of this disorder. Type 1 diabetes is more common among children born with this disease.

Management of diabetes is extremely important no matter a person is a young child or an adult. Management of diabetes is a bit complicated task. Children often find it harder to regulate the blood sugar levels in the body. Therefore, different schools use diabetes care log which is specially designed for schools.

What is a diabetes care log for school?

It is a record sheet that is used to keep a record of the sugar level of the school’s child. This log is generally used to see whether the sugar level of a student is at the optimal level or not. The log should be used by schools when there are diabetic students admitted.

The diabetes care log is to ensure the safety of the child

Different schools use this log because they want to ensure the safety of the child. Unregulated blood sugar levels can have very long-term adverse effects on the health of a child. When a school wants to ensure that the child lives in good health just like other fellow children, they maintain a logbook for each diabetic child.

Furthermore, when parents see that the school is using the logbook for keeping their diabetes level under control, they become stress-free and send their child to the school with confidence and without any fear.

A tool that keeps the information about diabetes

A logbook for diabetes is a tool in which we can store information about diabetes. This can help us determine various details and then we can also figure out whether a child living with diabetes can control his blood sugar levels or not. The main information captured by this log is:

Details of the child:

As a matter of fact, every child has his log maintained for diabetes. Therefore, the logbook should show the ownership which can be shown by mentioning the details of the student to whom, diabetes belongs.

Blood glucose level reading:

Usually, the blood sugar level of a child is checked every day or each alternate day to see whether the glucose level is normal or not. Every time the sugar level is checked, a reading is entered in the log which can then be shared with the doctor to inform him of the well-being of the child.

Dosage of insulin:

Depending on the reading of the sugar level in the blood and urine, the management of the school can increase or decrease the dosage of insulin. The varying quantity and dosage of insulin should be noted in the log which will be helpful when it needs to be determined at which dosage, the sugar level was controlled.

Carbs intake details:

The intake of carbs has adverse effects on the glucose levels of the body. However, for children, carbohydrate intake is also important because every nutrient has a strong impact on the growing child. For a diabetic child, school is needed to control the intake of carbs.

Some schools also take note of the number of carbs taken by the child. This also shows which combination of carbs and insulin dosage worked well for the child.

Physical activity of the child:

The school takes note of how much a child was physically active. Some schools also engage diabetic children in a specific type of physical activity so that their blood sugar level remains under control naturally.

Some doctors also instruct the administration of the school to take note of the physical activity of the child to determine how much a child is active. They also ask the school to keep the students engaged in some sort of physical activity so that their blood sugar levels can be kept under control.

Who uses the diabetic log for school?

The nurses in the school use this log and also the healthcare provider of the students who are responsible for ensuring that the child’s sugar level is regulated.

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Diabetes care log for school

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