Just after the start of school, a 9-year-old primary school student was diagnosed with this disease! Experts remind

Soon after school starts

Yangyang (pseudonym), a 9-year-old girl from Shenyang

Diabetes was diagnosed

Parents can't help but wonder

How could such a young child get this disease?

Always want to go to the toilet and feel thirsty

Diagnosis of type 2 diabetes

Yangyang is a primary school student. One week after the start of school, the teacher told Yangyang's mother that the child often asked the teacher to go to the bathroom in class. After a few days of observation, Yangyang's mother also found that the child was particularly thirsty and had lost weight. This alerted her and she immediately took the child to Shenyang Children's Hospital for treatment.

Li Yao, chief physician of the Pediatric Endocrinology Department of Shenyang Children's Hospital, said that Yangyang was much fatter than other children of the same age. After examination, she was found to be suffering from type 2 diabetes.

Experts advise

These factors are likely to cause diabetes in children

Li Yao said that nowadays, children's diets contain more high-fat and high-calorie ingredients, which causes excessive accumulation of body fat. Some children also lack necessary outdoor exercise, which results in insufficient consumption of sugar and fat, and gradually develop into "little fat people".

"Excessive obesity may affect the blood sugar-lowering effect of insulin in the human body, leading to the occurrence of comprehensive metabolic diseases such as hyperglycemia, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia," said Li Yao.

Parents in daily life

Pay attention to these symptoms in your child

"The typical symptoms of diabetes are 'three mores and one less', namely drinking more, urinating more, eating more, and losing weight." Li Yao said that when obese children show the above symptoms, parents should pay attention and take the children to see a doctor in time.

In addition, obese children and children with diabetes should "control their mouths and move their legs." They should eat a light diet every day, with a combination of coarse and fine grains as the staple food, eat more green leafy vegetables, and avoid or eat less foods with high sugar content.

Adhere to moderate intensity exercise for 1 hour every day, such as brisk walking, jogging, cycling, playing table tennis, playing badminton, etc. Reasonable exercise can balance the heat and control the weight of children, and can also increase the sensitivity of muscles to insulin, which is conducive to strengthening blood sugar control and improving physical fitness.

The number of obese children is increasing

The prevalence of type 2 diabetes in children is increasing

And the trend is getting younger

Overweight or obese

It is a common symptom in children with type 2 diabetes

Parents should pay attention to cultivating

Good eating habits for children