What comes to mind when you think of diabetes? You must think that this disease is common in middle-aged and elderly people, but just recently, Fujian Provincial Children's Hospital received an 11-year-old boy, who almost died because of diabetes!
A cup of Coke down the boy is unconscious
According to the doctor, Liang Liang, 11 years old this year, suddenly fell into a coma at home because he drank a cup of Coke, and was urgently sent to the hospital by his family.
The doctor's examination found that the blood glucose level of the boy exceeded 50mmol/L, which was 10 times the normal value, so he developed ketoacidosis, which is the most serious acute complication of diabetes, and if left untreated, it will lead to multiple organ failure, and the mortality rate exceeds 50%.
Liu Hui
Chief physician of the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Fujian Children's Hospital
This ketone body is a substance produced after the decomposition of fatty acids, it is acidic, it will cause acidosis, the human body is in an acidic environment, and the various organs and organs of the human body are damaged.
So the doctors of Fujian Children's Hospital urgently rescued the child, and finally let the child successfully escape.
Diabetes mellitus in children is significantly associated with viral infections
The doctor said that Liang Liangyuan had severe type 1 diabetes, this type of diabetes is more common in children, and the cause of type 1 diabetes is not clear.
Doctors say that diabetes is not only for adults, and the incidence of diabetes in children has been increasing in recent years, but the symptoms are very insidious .
Doctors say that diabetes often has a lot to do with familial onset, and if parents have diabetes, then children are more likely to suffer from it than normal families who have not had the disease. At the same time, obesity caused by unreasonable diet is also one of the causes of childhood diabetes, and parents should be vigilant.
The doctor pointed out that "control the mouth and open the legs" may also be a good prescription, to achieve a balanced diet, avoid picky eating, partial eating, encourage children to eat more vegetables, exercise more, to enhance physical fitness, as far as possible to keep children away from the threat of diabetes.