Doha: Qatar Diabetes Association (QDA), a member of Qatar Foundation, in collaboration with Sidra Medicine, organised a discussion session via video-telecommunication for parents of children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
The meeting was attended by parents and attended by Dr. Abdullah Al Alhamaq, Executive Director of Qatar Diabetes Association and his medical team.
The session was presented by Dr. Ahmad Mohammed El Awwa, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes, Sidra medicine and Rasha Abu Raslan, Treatment Development Specialist at Medtronic Qatar, who addressed the audience and responded to their inquiries.
The webinar was characterised by a great interaction by the parents and asked a lot of questions about the insulin pump and how it works throughout the day with the best performance of the pump.
The session also touched on the types of pumps and the differences between their use and the use of injections and insulin pens. Insulin pump is small, computerised device that mimic the way the human pancreas works by using the sugar monitor (sensor) and pump together so that the pump provides the body with insulin according to its need when eating or when the sugar is high. It also relieves or stop pumping insulin to avoid hypoglycemia (low blood sugar).
So far no complete treatment has been found to cover the meal with insulin without interfering with the carbohydrates counting Dr. Al Alhamaq thanked Dr. Al Awwa and Abu Raslan Sidra for their valuable contribution, confirming the continuation of such educational meetings with the parents of children with diabetes through video technology until Qatar Diabetes Association resumes its work and the medical team of the association continues to train children diagnosed with diabetes and their families as well as school nurses on how to use the insulin pump and carbohydrates counting.