The Diabetes Foundation has awarded the Diabcamp scholarships-which will arrive in Castilla-La Mancha-for children and adolescents who suffer from summer camps organized by patient associations in order to learn to resolve to resolve them to resolve them to resolveautonomous form and help them assume their diabetes.
Diabetes is the second most frequent chronic childhood disease.In Spain it affects more than 30,000 children, registering 1,500 new cases every year.Its diagnosis is a change in the customs of the whole family, as well as a process of assimilation because it is a lifelong disease.
Since 2000, in which the camps for diabetics began, the Diabetes Foundation has allocated more than 460,000 euros in the concession of 3,514 scholarships.This year, they have had the support of the Federation of Lions Clubs of Spain, Novo Nordisk and Diabalance.
In these camps for diabetics, children learn to administer insulin, modify the doses and mixtures they must make based on their glycemic profile.In addition, they teach them the food they must carry, as well as to control their metabolism through physical exercise.The realization of all these activities in contact with others affected, encourages the normalization of the situation.
In this edition of the Diabcamp scholarships, financial aid will be distributed among families with less resources from Andalusia, Extremadura, Castilla-La Mancha, Asturias, Navarra, Basque Country, Galicia and the Canary Islands.In addition, it is expected that in the coming weeks, the number of scholarships can increase.