Access to Healthcare Through Languages: Latinos and Type 1 Diabetes
Written by Gabriela Rivera MartÃnez on January 18, 2021 â Fact checked by Jennifer Chesak
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âIf being a teenager is tough, imagine being a Latino teenager with type 1 diabetes.â Silly, I know. All teenagers struggle, some mightily. Yet, I know that having diabetes had an impact on my adolescence.
Being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D) at age 5 took a toll as I grew up. High school was rough for me. Pricking my finger before eating or between classes was embarrassing, not to mention the injections.
Thankfully it didnât seem to matter to my friends, but it did to me. Hiding in bathroom stalls to eat a candy bar became an everyday occurrence.