We see today the sudden and alarming increase of diabetes in children in many countries across the globe. What is the cause of this sharp rise and what are the long-term effects of the diabetes these children have to face all their lives? Here is a list of common FAQs on diabetes in youngsters.
Diabetes manifesting in the younger generation is referred to as ‘juvenile diabetes’. This is caused by the inability of the body to produce insulin. The pancreas is responsible for generating the hormone insulin, which is the hormone that burns the food we consume and breaks it down into energy. It is when the body does not know to produce sufficient insulin or if it simply cannot the insulin already present, that diabetes surfaces.
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Children with type 1 diabetes face a life of monitoring and managing their disease. They have a better chance of leading a long and healthy life than ever before, because we understand more about the disease than ever before. But that doesn’t mean it will be easy.
There is no cure for diabetes.
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Diabetes is a condition that is hard enough to deal with in adults let alone in children. Diabetes is in children is a disease in which a person’s blood sugar levels are out of control. Diabetes is defined as being a type of polygenic disease, one that affects men and women but also children. Also known as juvenile diabetes, diabetes in children can be extremely difficult to treat mainly because a lot of the treatments considered as safe for use in adults are not so in children.
Type 1 is the most common type of diabetes that is diagnosed in children. Diabetes in children is a condition which means the child is unable to produce insulin because there is something wrong with the pancreas in their body. Not only is diabetes a health related condition that can be quite serious but it can also cause emotional problems in a child. They start to feel different from their friends and do not know how to react to it. Diabetes in children is never fun.
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