Facts About Juvenile Diabetes

By Megan from Marian University • - Sep 26, 2011

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FACTS

Type 1 Diabetes can strike at any age but is most commonly found in children and young adults.
To stay alive patients diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes have to take multiple insulin shots or receive insulin continuously though a pump every day. They also have to prick their fingers multiple times a day to check blood sugar levels.
Diabetes can have devastating effects including, blindness, kidney failure, nerve damage, strokes, heart attacks, and more.
As many as 3 million Americans have Type 1 Diabetes
Approximately 80 people a day in the United States are diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, Half of those people being children.
THERE IS STILL NO CURE!!

HOW YOU CAN HELP THE CAUSE

Buy the brand new Pura Vida JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) “No Sugar Added” Bracelet! Part of the proceeds goes towards the Research to help find a cure.
Find a Walk or Ride to Cure Diabetes near you!
You can also purchase Greeting cards or other JDRF merchandise.
Visit www.jdrf.org for more information and more ways to help!

LETS JOIN TOGETHER TO FIND A CURE TO END DIABETES!