There are many American children diagnosed with diabetes. The most common is type 1 diabetes, commonly known as juvenile diabetes and it is caused by an autoimmune disease.
Juvenile diabetes is caused by the pancreases inability to produce insulin. This type of autoimmune disease causes the bodies defense system to attack the organs and tissues of its host. The number of cases involving juvenile diabetes has risen over the past three decades. In America and Europe, the diagnosis of diabetes has tripled. Along with the rise in type 1 diabetes, type 2 has also risen in children, not commonly diagnosed in years past.
Research on children with type 2 diabetes accompanied with obesity is a new subject for doctors and scientist. If parents suspect that their child has diabetes, of any kind, they should seek medical attention immediately. If diabetes is detected early in the childhood, it is much easier to control and possibly eliminate the disease. It is essential to detect the disease before the child gets in their teenage years.
Some of the most common signals that your child may have diabetes are as follows:
weight loss,
A chronic feeling of being tired
A sudden deep thirst that doesn’t go away
frequent urination,
dark spots on the body
Some other symptoms to be aware of are stomach pains and headaches. It can also cause behavior changes in some children. If a child complains of stomach aches for more than a few weeks, and has any of the other symptoms mentioned in this report, a physician should test the child for juvenile diabetes.
The more he or she is involved the easier it will be for you to get them to follow through later on down the road.
