A famous Canadian doctor warned of 5 signs of diabetes in children in light of bad eating habits, such as gorging on fatty foods and an inactive lifestyle.
The Canadian doctor, Langis Michaud, urged parents to pay attention to these signs in order to avoid their children contracting this disease, which is called the “silent killer”. These signs are:
deterioration of vision
Type 2 diabetes causes vision deterioration, as it is the leading cause of blindness among adults between the ages of 20 and 74.
According to Michaud, young people with type 2 diabetes are 88 times more likely to develop retinopathy than patients with type 1 diabetes of the same age.
feeling thirsty
If a person has high levels of sugar in the blood, it can lead to dehydration, so the person suffers from extreme thirst, which causes dizziness or a very dry mouth, and diabetes can prevent the body from absorbing water.
frequent urination
This happens because the pancreas, which produces insulin, has become so tired that it can no longer produce enough insulin, and these high levels of sugar in the blood then pass into the urine, in an attempt to expel it from the body.
Weight loss
This happens because the lack of enough insulin prevents the body from getting glucose from the blood into the cells of the body to use as energy, and when this happens, the body begins to burn fat and muscle for energy, which leads to a decrease in body weight.
exhaustion
Michod indicated that many diabetics feel more tired, lethargic, or exhausted than usual, which we can notice on the child, and at that time we should go to the doctor immediately.