A child’s diabetes diagnosis always comes as a shock to his or her parents. However, it is better to detect it sooner rather than later. What symptoms should parents look out for?
Dr. Ely
Background
Diabetes mellitus is a disease associated with impaired production of the hormone insulin. The development of type 1 diabetes is caused by disruption of the beta cells of the pancreas, which leads to absolute insulin deficiency. This results in chronic hyperglycemia (elevated blood glucose levels).
The basis of type 2 diabetes is insulin resistance, which is a decrease in the sensitivity to insulin of insulin-dependent tissues of the body, primarily muscle, and fat with subsequent failure of glucose metabolism and its flow to these tissues. This leads to relative insulin deficiency (normal amount of insulin, which is not enough...
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