Ming Pao Daily News (11/11/2021)(In Chinese)
【Diabetes】Watch out for the three major symptoms of childhood diabetes: frequent urination, nocturia, and weight loss. Research: Type 1 diabetes patients may have an increased risk of fatty liver disease when they grow up.
[Ming Pao News] The Children’s Diabetes Association has found that the number of children diagnosed with type 1 or type 2 diabetes in Hong Kong continues to rise. The association’s research also found that patients with type 1 diabetes may have an increased risk of fatty liver disease when they grow up. A doctor said that symptoms of diabetes include frequent urination, nocturia, weight loss, etc. These are symptoms that are easier to see in children, so parents are reminded to pay more attention to their children’s physical condition.
Pay attention to the three major symptoms of childhood diabetes: frequent urination, nocturia, and weight loss. Doctors urge parents to pay attention
There are about 700,000 diabetes patients in Hong Kong, and the number of patients has been getting younger in recent years. On average, 7 children are diagnosed with diabetes every month in Hong Kong. Since 2016, the Children’s Diabetes Association has obtained data from 12 pediatric departments under the Hospital Authority to establish the “Hong Kong Childhood Diabetes Register”. The Association has published two reports in the past five years, finding that the number of children diagnosed with type 1 or type 2 diabetes in Hong Kong has continued to rise. From 2008 to 2017, a total of 391 children were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, and the incidence rate has doubled compared to 10 years ago.
Pediatrician Dr. Cheung Pak-to pointed out that the number of type 2 diabetes diagnoses has increased dramatically in the past 10 years worldwide, but the incidence of type 1 diabetes in Hong Kong is still lower than in other regions. Cheung said that the symptoms of diabetes include frequent urination, nocturia, weight loss, etc., but these are more easily seen in children, so parents are reminded to pay more attention to their children’s physical condition.
Type 1 diabetes patients may have an increased risk of fatty liver disease as they grow older
In addition, in order to understand the relationship between type 1 diabetes and the incidence of fatty liver, the association and Shangzhi Medical Group conducted a study from mid-August to mid-September this year. Fatty liver scans were performed on 32 adults and 28 adolescents under the age of 18. It was found that the probability of developing fatty liver in young patients with type 1 diabetes was significantly lower, only 3.6%, while 15.6% of adult patients had fatty liver. Pediatric specialist Zhou Zhongwu said that patients with fatty liver “have no symptoms”, saying that patients with type 1 diabetes may have an increased risk of developing fatty liver when they grow up.