Children also need to be careful about diabetes

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If the word diabetes is mentioned, people's first reaction is that it is one of the most common chronic diseases for middle-aged and elderly people. Few people associate diabetes with children. But according to experts from WHO, children actually get diabetes, and its incidence rate is 5% of all diabetes. According to incomplete statistics of domestic data, the incidence rate of children's diabetes is far higher than people think. So for children, we should pay close attention to diabetes related problems.

Children also need to be careful about diabetes

1. First of all, from the perspective of classification, childhood diabetes is mostly insulin-dependent. It is characterized by the destruction of islet B cells in the pancreas, resulting in the serious lack of insulin in the body and the disorder of material metabolism. From the onset season of children, children with diabetes mainly concentrated in autumn and winter.

2. In your age group, children often have two peaks: one is around the age of 6, which may be related to the increase of children's chances of contact with the outside world and infection at this stage; the other is around the age of 12, which may be related to the onset of puberty, the increase of growth and development, the antagonism between sex hormones and insulin, and the changes of adolescent mood.

3. But in fact, diabetes itself is not terrible. What is terrible is its complications, such as ketoacidosis, various infections, hyperosmolar non ketotic coma, and microvascular and neurological diseases. These complications are the fundamental causes of disability and death in diabetic children.

matters needing attention

Therefore, it is suggested that parents for their children should: the primary prevention is disease-free prevention, that is to say, to promote a scientific and reasonable way of life, guide children to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, do not overeat, eat less sugar rich food and drink, and participate in more sports activities; only in this way can children grow up healthily.