How do children with diabetes exercise?

  The most common questions about diabetes in children are: how to inject insulin, how to eat, and whether to exercise less.  In fact, children with diabetes should exercise in the same way as adults, neither less nor more.  Exercise is a necessary part of life for normal growth and development of children. Exercise can generate heat and control weight; exercise can promote cardiovascular function; exercise can also enhance muscle sensitivity to insulin, enhance glucose utilization, favorable to reduce blood sugar, reduce insulin dosage; exercise can also enhance physical fitness, promote growth and development and enhance the body’s immunity.  The type and intensity of exercise should be arranged according to age and exercise ability. Children with diabetes and their parents should pay attention to the following points: 1. Exercise cannot replace insulin therapy Type 1 diabetes is a lifelong disease that requires insulin therapy. Although exercise can lower blood glucose, it cannot be relied upon to control blood glucose, and insulin cannot be stopped at will.  2, the acute phase is not recommended for children with exercise Diabetes has its own natural stages of development, type 1 diabetes has a metabolic disorder phase, that is, the child just onset of the stage, also called the acute phase. During this period, children need to recuperate, and the focus of treatment should be to balance the diet and adjust the blood sugar with insulin, and should not participate in any sports.  3.Follow the principle of personalized and gradual exercise The child’s exercise should be based on each individual, according to his past exercise style and exercise amount as a reference, not uniform; the intensity of exercise should be appropriate, do not participate in strenuous exercise; to master the time, in principle, should be half an hour after meals exercise, each activity 30-60 minutes is appropriate.  4, the prevention of hypoglycemia in the exercise after the exercise is prone to hypoglycemia, can be planned before the exercise with a small amount of food, or appropriate to reduce the amount of insulin. Once hypoglycemia occurs during exercise, eat some candy or snacks immediately. It is also necessary to educate children to learn self-control and not to supplement food at will without hypoglycemia.  5.Children with retinal and renal complications and poor metabolic control should not play strenuous sports.  6.The more suitable sports to choose include cycling, running, badminton, table tennis, soccer, jumping, shuttlecock, rope skipping, etc.  7. Unsuitable sports include tug of war, long-distance running, handstand and wrist wrenching.  8, the appropriate amount of exercise standards After exercise, there is a slight sweat, relaxed, slightly tired, rest can disappear, the next day full of energy.