Research

Fear of Diabetes

I wanted to look into ways children struggle with their diabetes, and offer some solutions.

The Fun Way to Learn

I wanted to look into ways kids can learn more about their diagnosis, while having fun doing it.

Diabetic Mental Health

I wanted to look into the mental health of diagnosed diabetics to incorporate into my final product.

Type 1 Trends

I got to talk to Dr. Steelman in an interview and I got an insight on the types of trends he sees in younger type 1 diabetics.

New Changes

I wanted to research how young children's health is when they just get diagnosed and trying to adjust to their new life.

Reflection of Model

I finished my original work. However, my research isn't done just yet, I want to create a bigger display and program to help younger kids learn about their Type 1 Diabetes.

Nerve Damage

For my original work, I started looking at the types of nerve damages that can occur from hyperglycemia.

Nerve Damage In Limbs

For my original work I wanted to further my knowledge into how the limbs are affected by hyperglycemia.

Staying Active

I wanted further my research in ways to prevent hyper/hypoglycemia , and ways that diabetic patients can maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Hyperglycemia

I wanted to look into the main causes of neuro damage in diabetic patients. I began looking into the blood sugar levels

Reaching For Beta Cells

I wanted to look further into the immune system and how dysfunctional deta cells affect people with Type 2 Diabetes.

Vaccines Increasing The Speed of Failed Pancreatic Cells

After looking into malfunctioning beta cells, I started looking into some possibilities that could have affected these cells to stop working like they are supposed to.

Immune Response and Beta Cells

I narrowed the first part of my research to Type 1 Diabetes. With that, comes with looking into the immune system and beta cells.

Types of Diabetes

My research started to look at the types of diabetes so I could narrow my reserach to one type of Diabetes.

The Brain & Neurons

I started looking into connections between the brain and how the body responds to the signals the brain sends due to higher blood sugars.

Diabetic Neuropathy

I started researching how the blood sugar affects the brain and how the immune system is also involved with diabetes.