Bisnis.com, JAKARTA – Disease type 2 diabetes on children which affects the child’s body to digest sugar (glucose) is now experiencing an increase in the number of cases. Check out the symptoms, causes, and risk factors.
Type 2 diabetes generally experienced by adults, in fact, the disease was once referred to as adult-onset diabetes. However, cases of type 2 diabetes are now on the rise among children, a factor in the obesity epidemic.
Launching from the Mayo Clinic, there are many ways to prevent type 2 diabetes in children. The following is complete information that needs to be understood about type 2 diabetes in children, ranging from symptoms, causes, to risk factors:
1. Symptoms
Usually, when children have type 2 diabetes, the symptoms experienced will develop gradually so that sometimes the symptoms seem invisible. Symptoms of type 2 diabetes in children include:
– Excessive thirst and frequent urination
When sugar builds up in the bloodstream, it means it draws a lot of fluid from the tissues. The impact will be an increase in thirst in children who then urinate more often than usual
– Fatigue
If there is a lack of sugar in the child’s cells, it can lead to a feeling of fatigue
– Blurred vision
This symptom occurs due to the child’s high blood sugar so that fluid can be drawn from the eye lens
– Have dark areas on the skin. Before type 2 diabetes finally develops, the symptoms that appear are certain areas of the skin that begin to darken. Usually, the area in question can be found around the neck or armpits
– Lose weight
In general, these symptoms are more common in children with type 1 diabetes. This weight loss occurs because there is no energy supplied by sugar, which then shrinks muscle tissue and fat stores.
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