2024 Author: Brian Parson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 15:02
Diabetes is a disease in which there are elevated blood sugar levels in the body due to insulin deficiency.
This means that this hormone is either produced in lower doses, insufficient for the absorption of the received glucose, or the cells have a weakened reaction to insulin.
Diabetes is more common as a result of a genetic predisposition or a stressful experience that triggers the accumulation of sugars in the body.
It is usually more common in adults, but it turns out that a large proportion of children and adolescents also suffer from the disease. And the trends for the future are for their number to increase, according to experts in the field.
Children are more likely to suffer from type 1 diabetes, which is also defined as insulin-dependent diabetes. A statistical sample for the period 2001 and 2009 shows that the share of children under 9 years of age suffering from this type of diabetes has increased by up to 21%.
In them, the pancreas (pancreas) cannot produce enough of the hormone insulin. Thus, they have to take it artificially, in injectable form throughout life.
Statistics show that the proportion of children between the ages of 10 and 19 suffering from type 2 diabetes, also called non-insulin dependent, has increased by nearly 30% over the same period. They more often require a diet, exercise and, if necessary, medication.
The dangers, according to experts, are that at this fragile age the complications are not insignificant. It is very important for parents to monitor their children and to consult their doctor if they have any symptoms.
What can lead them to diabetes is thirst and frequent urination, fatigue, and weight loss. Unfortunately, it turns out that only 3% of parents can recognize the symptoms of diabetes, and it often happens to visit a doctor later in time.
The dangers of difficult diagnosis of diabetes or late start of treatment are a lack of insulin in the body, which leads to the accumulation of glucose in the body. It leads to damage to tissues and organs, which leads to the production of toxic chemicals called ketones.
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