National Nursing Review : Nursing Study Resources & Health Tips » tips childhood diabetes http://nationalnursingreview.com Tue, 22 May 2012 13:59:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Preventing Childhood Diabetes http://nationalnursingreview.com/2008/08/childhood-diabetes/ http://nationalnursingreview.com/2008/08/childhood-diabetes/#comments Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:38:06 +0000 admin http://nationalnursingreview.com/?p=93 Diabetes is the second most common chronic disease in childhood. Originally it was just a disease of adults, but with the growing rate of childhood obesity, associated with a sedentary lifestyle and poor eating habits, the incidence of diabetes increased significantly between boys and girls. Diabetes is characterized by an alteration in the production of the hormone insulin by the pancreas or resistance to the action of insulin by the body. It is insulin that helps the body convert sugar (or glucose) into energy, thus promoting the smooth functioning of the human body.
You can prevent this disease from the birth of children. Prevention can start with breastfeeding, avoiding artificial food, rich in sugars desnecesarios during this phase. To prevent childhood obesity and diabetes, it is necessary for children to enjoy healthy eating and physical activity, avoiding leading a sedentary lifestyle, staying long in front of the television, computer or video games. Children need a diet rich in fiber and low in sugar. Ideally, decrease intake of rapidly absorbed sugars such as refined sugar, dark glass and honey, and replace the existing sugar in pasta, and fruits.

Implications of diabetes in children
Diabetes can cause long-term, and if not properly treated, vision loss, stroke, hypertension, stroke, impotence, lung disease and kidney failure.
The amount of insulin
The amount of insulin released depends largely on the amount of sugar ingested. If we consume more foods rich in carbohydrates (potatoes, sugar, pasta, rice, crackers, etc..), We are requiring that the pancreas work harder than normal.



When levels of sugar (or glucose) circulating in the blood, show a considerable increase to the call that glucose glucemia.El number of children affected with the disease varies widely by country of origin. In Spain, for example, is estimated there are approximately 30 thousand cases of diabetes in children younger than 15 years. And although the origin of the disease is different, experts say that 90% of cases referred to the Diabetes type 1. This type of diabetes appears suddenly and can arise from the first weeks of birth to age 30, although in the period from 5 to 7 years, and during puberty, when the disease tends to be more common. Type 1 diabetes is one that requires injected insulin to regulate glucose levels in the blood, although some studies to ensure that children engaged in sport regularly, may have higher levels of blood glucose than those without it practice. Type 2 diabetes is inherited and occurs when cells resist the action of insulin.

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