Guadalajara is the province of Castilla-La Mancha that has registered more children's diabetes in 2014, with an annual rate of incident cases (per 100,000 inhabitants) of a 36.9, exceeding the average of the region that is located in a22,1.
The children's endocrine at the General University Hospital of Guadalajara, María Alija and Pilar Sevilla, have warned that "the early detection of diabetes cases in children between zero and 14 years" is very important.To detect this disease, parents must be attentive to the following symptoms: tiredness, excessive thirst, weight loss, need to make urinary urinary escapes.
In the last ten years, 802 cases of childhood diabetes have been notified in the Autonomous Community, 55% are male and 45% women.The Guadalajara Hospital has declared 90 cases, most patients are between 5 and 9 years old with a sex distribution similar to the rest of the region, has reported the Health Service of Castilla-La Mancha (SESCAM) in a statement.
At the time of diagnosis, most patients had weight loss and positive ketone bodies (chemical compounds that are formed in situations in which glucose metabolism is compromised).95% of patients were admitted at the time of this detection.
In this sense, Dr. Alija explained that "diabetes can be detected with a capillary blood analytics in the health center."
