Children with diabetes

Diabetes in children

Has emerged in the last 30 years, the increase in childhood diabetes.
Children with type 1 diabetes is the most common form of: 90-95% of patients with diabetes under 16 are of this type.
It is produced by the pancreas can not produce insulin.
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease classification, which means that a condition in which one of the body's immune system attacks the body's own tissues or organs.
Type 1 diabetes, which is insulin-producing cells in the pancreas are destroyed.
How common is it?
Diabetes in children is rare, but important changes in the world:
17 per 100,000 population in England and Wales, children suffering from diabetes every year
Scotland figures per 100,000 people in 25
In Finland, 43% to 100,000
In Japan, 100,003 each.
In the last 30 years there has been a threefold increase in the number of cases of childhood diabetes.
In Europe and the United States, has been regarded as type 2 diabetes in young people is the first time. This part can be caused by the increasing trend of obesity in our society.
But obesity does not explain the type 1 diabetes in children - that a majority of the number of new cases increased.
What is the reason for diabetes in children?
Like adults, children with diabetes is not clear why. It can be a combination of genes and environmental triggers.
Most children with type 1 diabetes who developed diabetes family history.
What are the symptoms?
The main symptoms of the adult is the same. They usually come in the coming weeks:
Thirst
Lose weight
Fatigue
Frequent urination.
More typical of the child's symptoms, including:
Stomach ache
Headache
Behavior problems.
Sometimes diabetic acidosis occurs diagnosis of diabetes, although this rarely happens in the UK, a better understanding of the symptoms observed.
Physicians should consider the possibility of diabetes, history of a few weeks in a child who has a disease or other unexplained stomach pain.
If you are diagnosed with diabetes, your child should be called to the area of ​​diabetes experts of children.
How to deal with children with diabetes?
Management Professional Children diabetes means that most of the children being treated at the hospital, rather than by their family doctor.
Most children with diabetes need insulin treatment. If this is the case, your child needs a separate insulin regular, planned with the diabetes team.
Now, the most frequently used during the day and night slow acting insulin rapid-acting insulin dose regimen.
Very young children usually do not need to inject at night, but they grow older, is needed.
The growing number of older children who use insulin pumps.
Usually, in the first year after diagnosis, your child may need only a small dose of insulin. This is known as the "honeymoon".
In addition to insulin therapy, good glycemic control, and to avoid hypoglycemia (low attack blood sugar) is important. Complication of diabetes and diabetes in the length of time, and this is because many already exist.
What can parents do?
His children and diabetes
Children bring their own problems:
Restricted diet
The level of activity
Follow all instructions.
His family and the medical team can help your child to weather the storm.
Suffering from diabetes, the family can withstand considerable pressure, so it is essential to get the backup support. This could be your family doctor, the hospital team or social services.
Understand the different aspects of diabetes and its treatment, you have to be patient, but it will be beneficial for their children and family life.
Diabetes Hospital following equipment list can help.
Learn how to inject insulin injection. Insulin is usually injected into the abdomen or thigh skin.
Know the symptoms of hypoglycemia and diabetic acidosis and what they do.
Make sure that glucose is always available.
The measurement of glucose levels in the blood, and teach your child how to do this as soon as they are old enough.
Teach your child how to self-manage, as soon as they are old enough insulin injections - typical 9 years old.
Consult a doctor regularly, especially if your child is sick for any reason - the treatment is likely to have to adjust.
Notify the school and friends about the symptoms of low blood sugar and what they do.
Please contact your local diabetes association for help and support.
Diet
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Children with diabetes recommend:
Three main meals
Two mouthfuls fifty-eight
The whole family eat the same foods.
A trained nutritionist usually a member of one of the hospital diabetes team.
It is important to give children a healthy balanced diet, high in fiber and carbohydrates.
A healthy diet is the same for everyone, whether they have diabetes.
Your child should eat depends on age and weight. The nutritionist and parents should determine together.
Candy is no longer limited to "diabetic diet" is now relics of the past.
Once your child knows your body on a diet and taking insulin, sweet, moderate is possible - with the right dose of insulin.
Physical activity
Exercise is very important for children with diabetes should try to exercise every day.
Exercise can reduce levels of blood sugar, and therefore, if your child needs insulin may require dose reduction.
This is due to the combination of an excess of insulin and exercise can reduce blood sugar levels in the blood and cause hypoglycemia. To resolve this problem, your child should get the sugar.
Physical exercise can also affect your child can eat as much. Their children to practice or theater movement, bread, fruit juice or other carbohydrate.
In the long run
Who developed diabetic children who will live in a better position than others to develop diabetes in the adult.
Diabetes, the longer the time, the long term effects of an increased risk of eye and kidney complications, such as.
Puberty can start, but usually only refers to later in life.
Reviewed regularly and late complications of old about 9 years. Since then, this check once a year.