Understanding Pediatric Diabetes
8th July, 2010 - Posted by health news - No Comments
Sadly, the frequency of diabetes in children has risen sharply in the past decade. This may be due to a number of circumstances, but the most apparent one is the fact that childhood obesity has become a growing factor. In turn, more cases of type 2 diabetes have been discovered with younger children, whereas the statistics have shown that type 1 diabetes has been the standard for pediatric diabetes. Children always have type 1 (previously known as insulin dependent diabetes mellitus) or juvenile diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is usually diagnosed before age 40,and most commonly in children aged two to sixteen.Pediatric diabetes is difficult to detect, but regular checkups can often lower the chances of it continuing undiscovered. Continue reading Read More