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Diabetic Children's Foundation
Founded in 1974, The Diabetic Children's Foundation promotes the welfare of insulin-dependent diabetic children and their families. Each and every one of us unequivocally yearns for a cure, and parts of The Foundation's efforts are put towards that end through the funding of research. Nevertheless, the daily constraints imposed on children by diabetes drive us to do our utmost to give them all the necessary tools with which to live a full, well-rounded life and to take precautions against long-term complications till all too often related to Type 1 diabetes.
The discipline and constraints required to maintain a good control over diabetes demand a great deal from diabetic children and their loved ones: multiple, daily insulin injections; daily blood-glucose tests; a regimented, balanced diet; not to mention constant vigilance against symptoms of low or high blood sugar (hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia, respectively).