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Diabetes in Children

Type 1 diabetes in children is a state in which your child's body cannot produce an important hormone called insulin. Your child requires insulin to survive, and the quantity of insulin needed by the body must be replaced with injections or with the help of an insulin pump. Type 1 diabetes in children is known as juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes.




The diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in children can be challenging, especially soon after diagnosis. You and your child, considering his or her age, must learn to live the lifestyle of injections, counting carbohydrates, and monitoring blood sugar.


There's no cure, only management for type 1 diabetes in children. Latest advancements in blood sugar monitoring and insulin delivery have improved blood sugar administration and eased the life of children with type 1 diabetes.

Symptoms of diabetes in children

The signs and symptoms of type 1 diabetes in children are shown very quickly and may include:

Feeling thirsty

Frequent urination and sometimes bed-wetting in a toilet-trained child

Intense hunger

Unintended weight loss

Tiredness

Crankiness or behaviour changes

Fruity-smelling breath

Reason for diabetes in children

The exact reason for type 1 diabetes is still anonymous. But in most individuals with type 1 diabetes, the body's resistant mechanism — which normally battles harmful bacteria and viruses — wrongly annihilates insulin-secreting (islet) cells in the pancreas. Genetics and environmental factors seem to play a part in this function.


Once the islet cells of the pancreas are killed, your child's body secretes little or no insulin. Insulin functions the important job of carrying sugar (glucose) from the bloodstream to the body's cells. Sugar joins the bloodstream when food is consumed and digested.


With a lack of insulin, sugar accumulates in the bloodstream and causes life-threatening difficulties when left untreated.


Risk factors for the children with type 1 diabetes:


Family history and genetics: Anyone with a parent or siblings with type 1 diabetes has a high risk of acquiring the disorder. Also, certain genes exhibit an increased risk of type 1 diabetes.

Race: In the United States, type 1 diabetes is more commonly seen in white children of non-Hispanic descent than children of other ethnicities.

Certain viruses: Getting exposed to certain viruses may initiate the autoimmune trashing of the islet cells.


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