11 TOP SYMPTOMS OF DIABETES IN OBESE CHILDREN

11 TOP SYMPTOMS OF DIABETES IN OBESE CHILDREN

1) Drinking a lot (polydipsia) and being very thirsty.
2) Urinating often (polyuria).
3) Losing weight without trying.
4) Having sores that are slow to heal.
5) Having dry and itchy skin.
6) Having blurry eyesight.
7) Feeling very tired or hungry.
Having a dark, velvety rash on their neck.
9) Having tingling in their feet.
10) Having a high blood glucose (sugar) level.
11) Having a high urine ketone level.

Ketones (pronounced key-tones) are produced when your body gets energy by breaking down fat instead of sugar.

Keep in mind that the symptoms of Type I diabetes usually develop over a very short period of time. Type II diabetes symptoms develop more slowly.

If parents think of diabetes, they think of young children with Type I diabetes. These children need daily insulin shots. Or they think of older, overweight adults with Type II diabetes. However, with the childhood obesity epidemic, there has been a big increase in children with Type II diabetes.

Ethnic background can be a risk factor for diabetes. It is more common in American Indian, African-American, Hispanic American, and Asians/South Pacific Islander children.

Family history of diabetes, especially in first- and second-generation relatives, can also be a risk factor for children developing Type II diabetes. Unlike kids with Type I diabetes, who usually only have a 5% chance of having a family member with diabetes. In Type II diabetics, children have a 74-100% chance of having a family member with diabetes.

IS YOUR CHILD A RISK TAKER?

If your child is overweight and you think they may be at risk for diabetes you can have them take a FREE Diabetes Risk Test at the American Diabetes Assocation.

You can take a positive approach for your child to conquer diabetes.

Since it is so easy to do screening blood and urine tests for diabetes, parents should see the child’s Pediatrician if they are concerned that their child might have diabetes.

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