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Diabetes is a condition that we usually associate with adults. Isn’t it distressing and heart-wrenching to see a small child suffering from diabetes? Continue reading to know more about juvenile diabetes, complications that can arise due to diabetes in children and some home remedies to prevent it.
There are basically three types of diabetes that affect children:
Severe complications that can rear its head if your child happens to be a diabetic. Some of these complications include damage to the nerves or kidney damage, cardiovascular damage and even damage to the eyes. Some of the complications that need immediate medical attention include:
This condition can be diagnosed easily by testing urine with ketone strips that will tell you if the number of ketones has multiplied. If the test is positive take your child to the doctor immediately.
Simple steps if adhered to properly can to a big extent avert all kinds of unnecessary complications related to diabetes in your child. Make your child an active participant to deal with this condition. Make sure that you take these precautions for your child to ensure that the blood sugar levels are controlled. These include:
Along with these remedies it is important that you keep encouraging your child and instill confidence in him that this disease can be easily dealt with. Watching your child go through his life with diabetes is very painful but then a lot of people have managed this situation very well and are leading a happy life. So why not your child?
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