Dragoljub Bankovic
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Causes and symptoms of type 1 diabetes in children
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Parapuan.co – Unexpectedly, type 1 diabetes is one of the diseases that stalks children.
Therefore, parents must understand about this disease in order to be able to prevent unwanted conditions.
Diabetes is not excess sugar, but rather growing not being able to make enough insulin, or not being able to use insulin normally.
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disorder. That is, the immune system can damage the cells in the pancreas that make insulin.
Quote from Stanford Children’s HealthInsulin is a hormone that helps sugar (glucose) in the blood enter the body’s cells to be used as fuel
When glucose cannot enter the cells, glucose will accumulate in the blood until the condition is called high blood sugar (hyperglycemia).
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High blood sugar can cause problems throughout the body because it can damage blood vessels, nerves, harm the eyes, kidneys and heart.
Causes of Diabetes in Children
The exact cause of type 1 diabetes is not known, but genetics can cause this disease.
Children who are more at risk of developing type 1 diabetes are if they have any of the following risk factors.
A family member with the same condition, Caucasian race, to come from Finland or Sardinia.
In addition, children aged 4 to 6 years or 10 to 14 years are also at risk of developing diabetes.
