Diabetes in children are too late

Thousands of children with diabetes of the first type, and their parents do not know about the diagnosis until then, while in small organisms do not develop life-threatening symptoms. With such an alarming statement made by doctors.

A quarter of the 29,000 children with diabetes first type   in the UK each year receive a diagnosis only after an attack of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), which is potentially life-threatening. This was stated by diabetologist pediatrician from the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, Dr. Julie Edge.

Usually DFA attacks occur in patients who have long been diagnosed diabetes first type . During the DFA in the patient's blood glucose level is increasing dangerously. This can cause children with diabetes dizziness, nausea, stomach pain, shortness of breath, and to whom, which is theoretically capable result in death of the patient.

According to Dr. Edge, of all   children   which diagnosis diabetes first type   was raised to five years, 35% had an attack of the DFA before clearing a major illness. Renowned pediatrician shared her concerns over the late diagnosis, in an article for the journal British Medical Journal. Her observations fair cause anxiety and other doctors, because the first type of diabetes in children is five times more common disease than meningitis, although in the absence of timely treatment of both diseases are deadly.

That is why the main responsibility lies with parents, who are required to see a doctor when an alarm occurs. Symptoms of diabetes in children of the first type   - Unusual thirst, fatigue, weight loss, frequent urination, including enuresis, "blurred" vision.

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