The expert Javier Garcia de Alba Garcia said in an early stage of type two diabetes in children can present asymptomatic unlike adults who come to experience suggestive data including more frequent urination, increased thirst and present high pressure.
The head of the Social Research Unit, Epidemiology and Health Services (UISESS) IMSS Jalisco highlighted the importance of identifying the problems in a timely manner with a simple blood sample.
"In addition to prevent the disease itself in principle to healthy eating and daily physical activity for 30 minutes, even in children," he said.
He said that type 2 diabetes can be asymptomatic in children, "unlike adults do not give demonstrations as thirst or increased urination, and already show signs when there is any damage or complication, we must detect as early ".
He said that in the preschool and school years is essential to maintain a healthy diet and physical activity, both measures may prevent type two diabetes in children and adolescents and even reverse early.
He explained that coupled with genetic factors, which in the case of parent or diabetic mother increases the risk that their children will develop the disease up to 25 percent, and 50 percent if both are, other conditions such as overweight and obesity, hypertension, and sedentary lifestyle, raise the possibility of developing the condition.
He explained that diabetes can take shape from the uterine life, because poor nutrition in pregnant women can cause improper function of the pancreas in children, which cause insulin resistance, especially in the first three months of pregnancy stage in which the baby's organs are formed.
He noted that in the case of children with type 1 diabetes, the disease is present from birth without intervention because of external factors origin pancreas defects that prevent properly metabolize blood glucose.
He said that about 95 percent of cases of infant and juvenile diabetes type 2 corresponds to, while remaining 5 percent is of type 1.
He said that during puberty and adolescence it raises the risk of diabetes due to hormonal changes and that many young people may gain weight at this stage and also some beginners in alcohol, which increases the levels of glucose in the blood or of cholesterol-raising snuff.
He stressed that it is essential that in adolescence good and healthy eating habits are strengthened because they persist in adulthood and will be difficult to counter the risks, hence the importance of preventing the disease since childhood and youth.
He said that as in adults, diabetes in children and adolescents can lead to kidney damage, hyperglycemia, hypertension, eye damage, ulcers, frequent urinary tract infections and even fungal growth on the skin and nails.
He said the life expectancy in uncontrolled diabetes and in advanced stages is reduced from 10 to 15 years, "and the quality of it is eroded, so children with diabetes to reach adulthood may present statements badly damaged "health.
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