Childhood Diabetes – Managing the Disease in Children
Development of diabetes in children
The most common form of diabetes in children is type 1 diabetes .The largest percentage of children being afflicted with diabetes have type 1 diabetes.
It evolves from inability of the pancreas to produce insulin. In Type 1 diabetes, the insulin beta cells which produce insulin in the pancreas are destroyed by the body’s immune system, resulting in little or no insulin production. When this happens, the sugar level in the bloodstream rises and if untreated, diabetes kills.