Mum urges parents to be on alert for signs of diabetes

[Northerner]

WHEN Hayley Smith?s three-year-old son Jacob began drinking more and more water, she just put it down to him being thirsty.

But after he started having breathing difficulties, a mother?s instinct told Hayley she needed to take him for a check-up at Queen Alexandra Hospital.

It was there that doctors told Hayley her son had developed type 1 diabetes, which is caused when the body stops producing insulin. Jacob now has four insulin injections a day and daily finger prick tests to monitor his blood sugar levels. He will need to keep up a healthy diet and have regular blood tests.

Now Mrs Smith, of Oracle Drive, Crookhorn, is warning others to watch out for the symptoms.

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/lo...o_be_on_alert_for_signs_of_diabetes_1_3453164

 

[Northerner]

Shame about this last statement:

Around 85 to 95 per cent of these people had type 2 diabetes ? which can be prevented by leading a healthy lifestyle. But type 1 diabetes is mainly diagnosed in childhood.

Not all Type 2 is preventable, and is it true that Type 1 is mainly diagnosed in childhood? I've often wondered how many people have actually been diagnosed at 18+.

 

[Vicsetter]

I found this from the States:
In the United States, even with the increasing rate of type 2 diabetes, type 1 diabetes accounts for approximately two-thirds of new diagnoses of diabetes in patients ≤19 years of age

So it is probably a true statement that Type 1 is mainly diagnosed in childhood

As usual with the Internet, I went off to investigate the Association of Public Health Observatories mentioned in the article. Some interesting stuff in there especially if you type diabetes into the search box.

 

[Northerner]

I found this from the States:
In the United States, even with the increasing rate of type 2 diabetes, type 1 diabetes accounts for approximately two-thirds of new diagnoses of diabetes in patients ≤19 years of age

So it is probably a true statement that Type 1 is mainly diagnosed in childhood
...

Yes, I'd expect children to be mostly diagnosed with Type 1, but was wondering how many people with Type 1 were diagnosed as adults, which is a a different thing (I think!)

 

[Vicsetter]

Further digging (again american):In adults, type 1 diabetes accounts for about 5 percent of all diagnosed cases of diabetes.

Found it on another fascinating website:
http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/DM/PUBS/statistics/