Children below 10 years diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes
Posted on: 12/Feb/2017 12:19:17 PM
The Madras Diabetes Research Foundation has found that children as young as eight, most of them obese and with a family history of diabetes, are being diagnosed for type-two diabetes. The case histories of four such patients have been published in the February edition of the Journal of Association of Physicians.
Say diabetologists, The foundation pooled cases from hospital records over the past three decades, but we added four more cases from September 2016. It is surprising and alarming. When children develop diabetes, they risk developing complications such as heart, kidney and eye diseases very early in life. Studies have shown that many below 10 are obese and show signs of insulin resistance -when muscle, fat, and liver cells do not respond properly to the hormone. The body finds it tough to absorb glucose from the bloodstream. Many young girls are obese and have excessive hair growth on their face. These are warning signs. It is important to test them for diabetes at least once a year.
