Diabetes in children generally develops rapidly and can have a progressive and severe course. This is due to the development and growth of the body in young children. This is due to a greater level of metabolic processes in the child's body. After careful diagnosis, the treatment of diabetes in children should begin immediately.
Causes of diabetes in young children
The main cause of diabetes in children is a genetic predisposition. It is believed that in young children who have such a heredity, viruses can provoke diabetes. For example, viruses of influenza, mumps, hepatitis, chickenpox, etc. Also at risk are children who at birth have a weight of more than 4.5 kg, children whose mothers had rubella illness during pregnancy.
Diabetes in babies can occur due to excessive body weight, due to endocrine diseases, due to fibrosis of the pancreas (progressive), due to the use of certain medications.
Symptoms of diabetes in young children
The main sign on which it is possible to recognize diabetes in children at an early stage is frequent urination. In young children, nocturnal enuresis may develop, otherwise incontinence. The urine does not have color, but after drying on the linen, when developing diabetes, there are "starch" spots.
Also in young children there are: strong thirst, fast fatigue, unstable body weight. Also a sharp increase in appetite, and after - a sharp deterioration in it. Later to these symptoms can be added and others: fungal and pustular lesions, dry mucous membranes, dry skin. In addition, young children often develop diaper rash (on the buttocks, hips), girls may have vulvitis. If the baby has such signs of diabetes, urgently need to see a doctor.
Insulin for diabetes in young children
The diagnosis of diabetes is based on laboratory data. The kid needs to pass the necessary tests for sugar. The first sign of this disease is an increase in glucose in the blood, excretion in the urine. You will also need to make a glucose tolerance test, also a biochemical blood test is needed.
In most cases, young children are diagnosed with an insulin-dependent type of diabetes. Diabetes type 1. Its peculiarity consists in the following, the organism of the baby does not produce insulin, or produces in small amounts, as a result of which much sugar remains in the blood. Violated fatty, carbohydrate and protein metabolism. Because of this, the child's resistance to many diseases decreases, problems appear in the activity of internal organs.
Treatment of diabetes in young children
To normalize the sugar in the blood, the child is prescribed injections (intramuscular). Begin the treatment with the introduction of the baby insulin short-acting. After correcting and forming the regime of insulin therapy, and individual.
Treatment of diabetes in children is a complex process with the obligatory application of diet therapy and insulin therapy. Treatment in this case in young children is directed not only to get rid of the underlying disease, but also to ensure that the child's correct physical development. When diabetes is very important to take care of the baby's nutrition. The food should fully correspond to the physiological and age norms of the baby. The need for sugar in young children is covered by carbohydrates contained in vegetables, fruits, milk.
Do not think that the disease limits the mobility of the child completely and that all free time is spent on diabetes. In diabetics, therapeutic gymnastics is recommended. With early detection of this disease in young children, the prognosis is comforting. If you follow a special diet and correct treatment of the disease from diathesis can get rid of. The most important thing is to constantly monitor (doctors and parents) over young children with diabetes.