Nowadays, diabetes has become one of the most dangerous diseases that most of us have to concern about. It harms not only adult’s health but also children’s one. Diabetes in children becomes more popular and is considered as an important problem. Diabetes in children is simply a common diabetes. It is a chronic disease that arises when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. (Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas that enables cells to take in glucose from the blood and use it for energy). Failure to produce insulin, or of insulin to act properly, or both, leads to raised glucose (sugar) levels in the blood (hyperglycemia). This is associated with long-term damage to the body and failure of various organs and tissues. Once children get diabetes, they cannot be aware of their condition. Therefore, diabetes in children should be specially paid attention to. The symptoms of this diseases, the cause of diabetes in children and the way to prevent it should be well conscious of.
There are some common symptoms easily identified: frequent urination and great thirst; weight loss and extreme hunger; weakness and tiredness; and skin problems. Other symptoms include nausea or vomiting, blurred vision, drowsiness, cramps or numbness in the toes and fingers, and abdominal pain. When there are some of these symptoms in your children, they should be taken to the hospital to check their health problem carefully. If your children is soon diagnosed with diabetes, their conditions are easily controlled and you are not worried or depressed about the state of your children’s disease.
The reasons that make children easy to get diabetes originate in genetic factors, in immoderate or irregular diet, in obesity or in lack of movements. Diabetes tends to run in the family. “Diabetes is a hereditary disease passed on from generation to generation,” explained former health secretary Dr. Alberto Romualdez. “When there is a diabetic in the family, no matter how distant a relative the patient is, the characteristic is still passed on through the genes.” “It’s more of a fat-laden diet,” deplored Dr. Araceli Panelo, executive director of the ISDF. In fact, most parents even encourage their children to eat fatty foods such as fries, burgers and other junk foods available in fast-food chains. Obesity is another risk factor for diabetes. According to Dr. Mary Ann Lim-Abrahan, immediate past president of the Philippine Lipid and Atherosclerosis Society (formerly Philippine Lipid Society), most type 2 diabetic patients are overweight or obese and have too much fat in the abdomen. Children are also suffering from this type of diabetes because of the food they are eating. Lack of movements is also a cause of diabetes in children. If children only obey a reasonable diet without doing exercises or participate in any sport, it is easy for a great deal of fat to be stored in their stomach. It leads to the origin of diabetes and it harms their health gradually. Depending on each cause, there are treatment methods which is suitable for avoiding diabetes or preventing its complication. Your children need to be carefully under the care of doctors; otherwise their conditions will be more serious and it may become more dangerous than the state when their disease is diagnosed. There are two types of diabetes: type 1 and type 2, but children finds it easy to have high blood sugar in type 2. This case tends to increase more and more. It is hard to provide essential nutrients for children who have diabetes because they still need substances that help them grow. Hence, adjusting their diet is also a difficult problem. Pessimistic thoughts about diabetes also make the conditions worse. Most of people with diabetes are easy to fall in the state of depression because they always think that there is no hope for them. Therefore, keeping their mind optimistic is the best treatment that people with diabetes should practice before carrying out other treatments.
For those who have diabetes, in spite of their small injuries, they find it hard to cure because the diabetes makes the wounds difficult to heal. The gangrenous injuries can be cut out of the body to avoid influencing the others. Almost 16 million Americans have diabetes, but about one-third of them are not aware of their condition because they have no symptoms. Therefore, the best ways for this case is moderate diet with frequent movements to have the best health. And if your children have diabetes, they should be taken care of wherever and whenever to avoid being hurt. Their daily diet as well as their condition must be in the care of doctors.
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