Dr. Manal Mustafa, pediatric endocrinology and diabetes consultant at Al Jalila Specialist Hospital, warned against alternative methods, which some claim are able to treat or prevent type 1 diabetes, noting that there is no evidence of the effectiveness of these methods, and that there is no A cure for type 1 in children so far.
Dr. Manal, Director of the Fellowship Program in this specialty at Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences affiliated to the Dubai Academic Health Foundation, said: The number of children affected by this disease is being monitored and receiving treatment in “Al Jalila” up to about 200 children, and that infection with the first type is the most common. In the category of children and adolescents.
She stated that the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization expect the number of people infected with this disease globally to reach about 438 million in 2030, explaining that the increase in the number of children suffering from the disease is “worrying”, and the number is constantly increasing, pointing out that according to WHO statistics According to the World Health Organization 2017, the total number of people living with type 1 is 9 million worldwide, most of whom live in high-income countries.
The spokeswoman emphasized that for the second type of diabetes, which is linked to obesity, losing weight, in addition to adopting a good health system and exercising, helps to control and prevent it.
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And she stressed the need to use insulin for the first type, stressing that no alternative treatment or nutritional supplement can replace insulin, including common herbs and spices, which are believed to have properties that help reduce sugar levels, such as aloe vera, bitter melon, cinnamon, fenugreek and ginger.
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And she reviewed the most common types of diabetes among children and adolescents, noting that the first type is the most common in these two groups, in addition to infant diabetes and type two diabetes, “and there are rare types such as diabetes of mature youth.”
2023-07-12 22:02:39
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