(Taiwan English News/Reported by Li Yude Comprehensive Foreign News) As the world’s warning measures against the new crown pneumonia began to be relaxed, economic activities gradually returned to normal. The growth curve for the number of children and adolescents developing type 1 diabetes is abnormal, and scientists are now trying to figure out why.
BBCAccording to reports, the so-called type 1 diabetes means that the patient’s immune system will mistakenly destroy the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, resulting in the body’s inability to regulate blood sugar on its own, and it needs to be controlled by self-administration of insulin, whether it is an adult or a child or a teenager All are possible, and there is currently no effective reason to explain why this symptom occurs, and therefore there is no antidote that can eradicate it.
A new study published in JAMA Network, a monthly open medical journal published by the American Medical Association (JAMA), collected data from as many as 38,000 young people with diabetes reports from many countries around the world and found that the number of sufferers is “essentially sex” has increased and the trend is worrying.
Prior to this, the proportion of type 1 diabetes in childhood was already increasing, with an increase of about 3% per year. However, in the first year of the outbreak of new coronary pneumonia, the increase rate soared to 14%, and continued to increase in the second year. to 27%. It is true that some cases may have been difficult to report due to the brief shutdown of the medical system during the epidemic, so they all flooded in after life returned to normal, but this does not explain the new cases.
Experts say it is impossible to know the exact cause at this stage, but some theories have been tentatively put forward.
The first theory is that COVID-19 “triggers” something in children that causes diabetes, but when trying to find the autoimmune response that causes the immune system to start attacking otherwise healthy cells, not all studies have been successful. There is evidence to support this claim.
Another more accepted theory is that exposure to some bacteria in childhood can help increase resistance to some diseases including diabetes, and during the COVID-19 epidemic, due to the closure of the city and social distance, children’s protection Too good, but there is no way to get enough exposure to trigger the body’s protective response, which will cause a surge in the number of diabetic symptoms in young people.
Hilary Nathan, policy director of JDRFUK, a British medical charity dedicated to treating type 1 diabetes and providing patient assistance, pointed out that family members should actively pay attention to whether teenagers have “4Ts” (tired easily, thirsty, need to go to the toilet more frequently) , weight loss, etc.), if these symptoms can be detected and treated early, it will help save life.
2023-07-01 10:00:00
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