Diabetes is one of the major health problems these days. It is a health problem in which the body insulin is either not working well or not present at all.
The sufferers of this disease have reached millions and millions and the list is growing throughout times. The root cause of diabetes is actually unknown until now despite the modern technology man has achieved. Experts only found certain risk factors in the development of the disease. These major risk factors are family history and obesity. It is extremely genetic and is familial in nature. If diabetes runs in your bloodline you have a high risk of developing the disease.
Being overweight takes you to the dangerous realm of the disease as obesity triggers diabetes. Diabetes in kids can happen and it is almost similar to what adults experience with adult onset diabetes. There are prevailing misconceptions about type Diabetes in kids or what we call type 1 diabetes (juvenile onset diabetes mellitus).
It is important to know these wrong beliefs on the disease to guide us in our fight against diabetes. Sweet candies, beverage and foods do not cause diabetes. Instead, they cause obesity which is a risk factor of diabetes. Stress cannot cause diabetes. It can only make the symptoms worse in the case of diabetic persons. Diabetes in kids can be called as Type 1 diabetes and also as called insulin-dependent diabetes. Most of the times, the initial symptoms of the disease are very severe and perceptible.
The following are the specific symptoms of this health disorder:
- being extremely thirsty or polydipsia
- dryness of the mouth
- frequent urination or polyuria
- weight loss (despite the increase in appetite and frequent eating)
- tiredness and weakness of the body
- blurry vision
Diabetes in kids is an extremely perilous condition that requires urgent and immediate medical attention. At times an attack of this sickness can even reach to coma or fainting. Type 1 diabetes can never be treated or managed with just a simple lifestyle modification. What the patient needs is an expert’s close and detailed attention.
