4hw.org: many parents have a wrong idea that diabetes is for middle-aged and elderly people. In fact, children will also have diabetes! What are the causes of diabetes in children? How can children prevent diabetes? Let's get to know with Xiaobian!
Why do children have diabetes
1. Children's physical quality:
Now children seldom go to exercise, many children are also early suffering from obesity. In fact, exercise is an effective way to resist the invasion of diabetes, because exercise can not only consume sugar and reduce blood sugar, but also increase insulin receptor.
2. Family genetic history:
Children with diabetes are more likely to have a history of diabetes than their families. Research shows that there is a gene that can make the human body produce more calories in the Asian human body. Originally, it is relatively balanced with people's eating habits and food digestion. Once the eating habits change, the amount of calories entering the body increases greatly, which exceeds the gene load, and can't decompose the calories, so it is prone to obesity.
3. Nutrition disorder:
Diabetes has not only the disorder of glucose metabolism (hyperglycemia), but also the disorder of fat and protein metabolism, such as the decrease of egg quality, the increase of decomposition, and the deficiency of body protein. If the control is not good, growth retardation may occur, and in severe cases, diabetic dwarf syndrome may occur.
3. What harm does diabetes do to children
Insulin injection is one of the main means to treat children's diabetes. However, because the amount of insulin injection is artificially adjusted according to experience and patients' conditions, rather than according to the number of patients' own needs, the blood sugar of diabetic patients is prone to be unstable and harmful to children's health.
Children with poor blood glucose control for a long time may have retinopathy, nephropathy, peripheral neuropathy, hypertension, dyslipidemia and other complications, which seriously harm the healthy growth of children.
In addition, it can cause ketoacidosis. Ketoacidosis is due to the lack of insulin, resulting in the body's metabolic substances (sugar, protein, fat) can not be converted into energy, can not be completely decomposed, but in the form of intermediate metabolites, that is, ketosis accumulates in the human body, and most ketosis is acid, so it is called 'ketoacidosis'.
Symptoms of diabetes in children
Pay attention to the rapid increase of drinking water and food
Diabetes patients sometimes have frequent thirst, sometimes get up at night to drink water. Watch out for the sudden increase in children's appetite. Excessive intake of high calorie food is easy to cause endocrine and metabolic disorders in children. Children with type I diabetes are easy to be comatose due to ketoacidosis. Parents often wait until their children are seriously comatose before finding out that they have diabetes.
Urination frequency conversion is a signal
Children suddenly urinate more frequently in a period of time, and the children who do not urinate in bed all the year round have the phenomenon of urinating in bed. At this time, parents should not only blame the children, but also take them to the diabetes test in time. In the growth and development stage, most of the children are more active. If the life rule changes suddenly, they like to stay at home, they don't like outdoor activities, they are always tired and weak, which may be the precursor of diabetes.
Repeat infection don't be careless
Diabetes affects immune function, reduces body resistance, and is prone to skin scabies, respiratory and urinary tract inflammation. If the child is found to have some wounds that are not easy to heal and are prone to infection, or if the underpants are not clean and there are many secretions, you should check the blood sugar when you repeatedly have oral infection and caries.
Prevention of diabetes in children
Healthy diet and active exercise are the most effective ways to prevent diabetes in children. Parents should see a doctor immediately if they find that their children are extremely thirsty, overeating and emaciated. Children should choose the right amount of protein, high cellulose (vegetables) food, not too much to eat 'foreign fast food' and other high calorie food, and should do more exercise to control weight. Once the weight exceeds the level of normal people, do not take weight-loss drugs, but should be checked in time to the hospital. For children who have diabetes, they should monitor their blood sugar, control their diet, and master the appropriate activity content and intensity.
Usually parents can refer to the standard weight method of children (7-16 years old) to judge whether the children are overweight. Standard weight (kg): Age & times; 2 + 8, light obesity: 20% - 30% over standard weight; moderate obesity: 40% - 50% over standard weight; severe obesity: more than 50% over standard weight. Parents should pay enough attention to their children once they find that they are overweight.