Diabetes is not an adult’s patent. Children as young as a few years old have the chance to get it. On average, 7 children in Hong Kong are diagnosed with diabetes every month.
According to two reports published by the "Children's Diabetes Register" team in the past 5 years, it is found that the incidence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes has continued to increase in the past 20 years.
Summer suffered from type 1 childhood diabetes since he was 3 years old, but he was diagnosed five times after seeking medical treatment. His father was exhausted during the process of taking care of his daughter, and he was under tremendous financial and spiritual pressure. He believes that the current school support is insufficient and hopes that all sectors of society Have more tolerance for diabetics.
Summer (left), who is currently studying in Primary Six, has suffered from diabetes since he was 3 years old.
(Photo by Li Qianting)
In 2016, the Hong Kong Children’s Diabetes Association obtained data from 12 pediatric departments under the HA to establish the "Hong Kong Children’s Diabetes Register" to assist doctors in tracking the long-term impact of diabetes. The patient's understanding also enables children with diabetes to get better care.
According to two reports published by the team in the past 5 years, the incidence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes has continued to rise in the past 20 years. Among them, the number of people suffering from type 2 diabetes has increased sharply, from 1997 to 2007. The 198 confirmed children in China rose to 391 from 2008 to 2017, a worrying increase.
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In addition, pediatric specialist Zhou Zhongwu said that a recent study on the "incidence of fatty liver in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus" showed that fatty liver has the potential to become a long-term complication of diabetic patients. The study used non-invasive fiber scanning methods and found that The incidence of fatty liver in adults is much higher than in children and adolescents.
Daughter continues to have low-grade fever and presents symptoms of roseola
Summer, who is currently studying in Primary Six, suffered from type 1 childhood diabetes when he was 3 years old. Type 1 diabetes is a disorder of the autoimmune system and cannot be cured. It can only be controlled by diet and exercise, but the most important use is insulin injections. Improper control can easily lead to death from diabetic ketoacidosis.
Dad Huang pointed out that taking care of his daughter Summer has been exhausted in the past ten years and hopes that people from all walks of life will be more tolerant of diabetic patients.
Dad Huang pointed out that in 2013, his daughter, Summer, suddenly had a low-grade fever with roseola symptoms on her body. At first she was unconscious when she sought medical attention. Later, she found that her weight had dropped by one-third, and she also found that her daughter drank more than before. The number of water and toilet visits also increased.
After being discharged from the hospital, Dad Huang observed for another two months and found that his daughter had breath problems and continued to lose weight. Therefore, he took her to the hospital to "tighten her fingers" and found that the blood glucose index was severely exceeded. "The normal level should be 5-7. It’s more than 30 degrees.” He soon sent Summer to Queen Mary Hospital for one to two months.
Father Huang revealed that he took his daughter to see different doctors five times before the diagnosis was confirmed. He explained that because his daughter also had fever and rash at the time, doctors generally did not consider it to be related to type 1 diabetes.
He described that Summer’s weight dropped too abnormally at that time and became "skinny". He described "touching the keel of the canal tail and protruding from the sun." Therefore, he insisted on consulting everywhere, and finally diagnosed type 1 diabetes. If treatment is delayed, ,The consequences could be disastrous.
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Take care of you 3 times in the early morning every night
The journey of caring for patients has never been easy, and caring for type 1 children with diabetes is a kind of "365 days" responsibility.
Dad Huang described the care process as exhausted. He got up on time at 12, 3, and 6 a.m. to check the blood sugar level for his daughter. He also had to get an injection before every meal. Later, Summer grew up and his diet became more diverse. It has become more difficult to adjust the dosage and control the diet. Type 1 diabetes cannot be cured, and it will also cause a heavy burden on the family, because test strips and injections are frequently used consumables. Huang Dad cited an average price per test strip. 5 yuan, 1 yuan for needles.
Daughter has low blood sugar at school and she wants to eat sugar but was refused: the teacher told him to go to the toilet to eat
Papa Huang also pointed out that the school does not have any support measures for children with diabetes.
Before his daughter was 10 years old, he and his family and relatives had to take turns to Summer’s school to do blood glucose testing or injections before meals. Because the school did not have a nurse on campus to help, and Summer had tried to feel low blood sugar before class. Eating candies to add sugar was refused. "The teacher was not okay at the time, so Zhong asked him to go to the toilet to eat, it seemed like a concealment."
Dad Huang said that this will have a negative impact on the children's psychology, "Obviously I did not do anything wrong, so I must go to the toilet to eat sugar."
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