Increase in Type 2 Diabetes in Children
Posted on June 30, 2011 by Lu Young RN
Historically children formerly only had type 1 diabetes, but recently there is an increase in type 2 diabetes.
A child with symptoms such as increased thirst, frequent urination, unexplained weight loss, fatigue or frequent fungal diseases may have diabetes.
Such symptoms can appear in cases of type 2 diabetes, which used to be confined almost exclusively to older adults, or type 1 diabetes, which often starts in childhood or adolescence, according to Monika Niehaus, spokeswoman for the Professional Association of Paediatricians in the German state of Thuringia.
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Quick diagnosis of diabetes in children is especially important to prevent the life-threatening condition of ketoacidosis, , which requires immediate hospitalization.
