Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Parents are being urged to be aware of the early signs of diabetes, which affects a further 100 children every year in Northern Ireland.
Early detection of the disease means young people are less likely to develop potentially life-threatening complications or be admitted to hospital.
Ewan McNeill was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes after his mum Catherine noticed some worrying symptoms over six weeks.
"He was very thirsty and was drinking water all the time and then running out to go to the toilet a lot.
"Teachers said this had become disruptive and Ewan also lost around three stone during that time," she said.
http://www.u.tv/News/Diabetes-affects-100-children-every-year/e3f78d01-2475-4b47-a532-6ed886e30bf0
Early detection of the disease means young people are less likely to develop potentially life-threatening complications or be admitted to hospital.
Ewan McNeill was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes after his mum Catherine noticed some worrying symptoms over six weeks.
"He was very thirsty and was drinking water all the time and then running out to go to the toilet a lot.
"Teachers said this had become disruptive and Ewan also lost around three stone during that time," she said.
http://www.u.tv/News/Diabetes-affects-100-children-every-year/e3f78d01-2475-4b47-a532-6ed886e30bf0