Juvenile diabetes or Type 1 diabetes
Type 1 diabetes or juvenile diabetes which is also popularly known as childhood diabetes is a condition that afflict the child from birth and is a condition where the body will not produce insulin in sufficient quantity or not produce insulin at all.
Those who are born with this disease need to understand and practice various means and methods to overcome the effects of disease. It is also a pity that many of the childhood diabetes are not diagnosed at all until the children reach their teen age.
Learn to read the Warning Signs of Childhood Diabetes
In case the children are not subjected to tests regularly for diabetes diagnosis, the latent disease may suddenly throw various complications that could be even life threatening.
The early signs of childhood diabetes could be sudden blurring in vision, increase in appetite, steady weight loss, continuous fatigue, frequent urination, excess intake of water due to excess thirst, and a uniquely smelling breath.
Never fail to Consult a Doctor
If you identify few or many of the above-said symptoms in your child, then never delay in subjecting your child to a detailed test, as there is a chance of identifying the symptoms of childhood diabetes mistakenly for other illnesses.
In United States alone around 30,000 people are being diagnosed with childhood diabetes every year, and among them a whopping 13,000 are young children. If you just break the statistics you will get a figure of one child in every hour getting diabetes in America.
Importance of Correct Diagnosis of Childhood Diabetes
Any failure in diagnosing the childhood diabetes could prove to be very dangerous with unwanted complications. If you can learn to correctly interpret the early signs, you can save a life.
If you have not come across any cases of diabetes in your close circle, it may be difficult to keep the symptoms in mind and identify the symptoms correctly.
However, you may keep only the three important symptoms in your mind so as to correctly identifying the disease they are – frequent urination, feeling thirsty always and higher blood glucose levels.
If you can see your child visiting bathroom very often and drinking lots of water, then it may be a sure sign of onset of childhood diabetes. Get your child s blood tested for presence of any high sugar level.
If you can see your otherwise active child little bit lethargic or fatigued, then it is time you had your child examined by a doctor. Your doctor will be able to carry out all tests and assess your child health correctly.
Childhood Diabetes and its associated Health Risks
The main health risks that are usually associated with childhood diabetes could be problems in vision, problems in liver or kidneys, and an increased chance for a stroke or heart attack. Besides these, the child is also prone to a more complicated state of low sugar that may lead to fainting.
Further, due to high blood sugar the child may contract many infections, delay in healing of wounds or non-healing of wounds, and even gangrene from any foot ulcers. In an extreme circumstance, the child may even suffer nerve damage that may lead to pain and irreversible damages.
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