Early symptoms of diabetes in children
Diabetes is a chronic disease with many complications. The onset of diabetes is becoming younger and younger. Therefore, it is found that many parents feel that their children are diagnosed with diabetes suddenly, and even some children are found after the emergence of serious complications. Can't children's diabetes be found early? In fact, any kind of disease has early symptoms. If you want to find it early, We need to understand the high risk factors of diabetes.
As we all know, at present, it is not easy to find high-risk factors for type 1 diabetes, but many high-risk factors for type 2 diabetes in children have been found. Common high-risk factors are as follows: overweight; family history of diabetes; insulin resistance diseases (such as acanthosis nigra, that is, the skin of the neck, armpit and thigh root of children has melanin pigmentation, hyperkeratosis and verrucous growth Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) occurs when the mother is pregnant: a disease that causes insulin resistance, such as polycystic ovary syndrome. If one or more of the above high-risk factors occur to children, they should be taken to the hospital regularly to monitor blood glucose, urine sugar, blood lipid, blood pressure and other indicators, so as to early detection and early intervention.
Most of children's diabetes are type 1, so they have typical type 1 diabetes symptoms. The onset of children's diabetes symptoms is urgent, there are typical symptoms of more than three, less, more urine, more drink, more food and weight loss. The amount of urine in children is significantly increased, thirsty, prone to hunger, large amount of food, but they are gradually emaciated, the course of a longer period of time is low-energy, fatigue, affecting growth and development, fatty liver, sexual maturity Postpone.
In fact, many babies now have diabetes. Generally, the following 2 types of children are more likely to have diabetes:
1. Obesity is a high risk factor for the occurrence of diabetes, and the younger the children are, the higher the risk of diabetes. Especially for families with family history of obesity or diabetes, it is very important to help their babies develop good eating habits.
2. Drink carbonated drinks, such as coke, soda, etc. Drinking too much carbonated drinks will induce diabetes in children, and gradually become the 'hidden killer' of diabetes in children. The incidence of diabetes in children accounts for 5% of the total number of diabetics, and it increases by 10% every year. Authoritative diabetes experts believe that excessive consumption of carbonated drinks is one of the main causes of diabetes in children.