How to live with diabetes with only eight years
10/19/2022 10:23 a.m.
"It's a jug of cold water to see how your son cries without stopping saying: 'I don't want to be diabetic ...".Carmen Ana García has recorded a date, on July 20, 2021. His eight -year -old son, Álvaro, debuted in type I diabetes. "After a foot wound had a five -point suture. The next day he begins with symptoms", recalls Carmen Ana.
A few days later, after taking his son to the ambulatory of Dos Hermanas (Seville), and receiving the derivation to the hospital, "they gave us the news that Álvaro has debuted with type I diabetes." The disease forces him to bring an almost military disciplineIn the diet and in his daily life, with habits marked by physical exercise and continuous controls to keep blood sugar at bay.
Diabetes affects all spheres of a child's life, from his own home to school, and to leisure time.This silent disease requires that a child learn to take care of their own health even better than an adult.
"His life turned 180 degrees. Of being able to eat from all at any time when he felt because now he has to remove a series foods that are really insane but that all children eat, such as potatoes, sweets, pastries .... HisMeals since insulin is injected.of insulin, ”explains his mother.
Despite the disease, Álvaro practices football in a federated team and attends normally his training and matches."But he does not understand why he must abandon if the blood glucose is below 90 or above 250. He still has a hard time acquiring that responsibility and we must be far on him, his teachers and coaches are informed of everything related to the disease,"Carmen says.
health education
The role of health specialists is crucial for children and their environment to learn to control the disease.The connection and accessibility between Álvaro's parents and the team of specialists who attend him at the Valme Hospital greatly favors the quality of life of the child and his family."We are very happy with the Valme Hospital team that carry it, both endocrine and educator. Any questions we have we resolve it by email or whatsapp and, for the moment, they give us indications. If we could improve it would be in relation to the attention to the attention to the attentionParents to help our chocolates have the day -to -day life as well as hydrates or how to know how much I have to put in the face of insulin correction. "
Diabetes on the school
The school day is a slope up when a child debuts in diabetes.To school routines are added punctures, food restrictions and a necessarily rapid reaction to a rise or decrease in sugar levels.
Assuming all the discipline imposed by diabetes requires effort and adaptation.Álvaro requires enough time, like any child at his age, although his family tries to normalize care.
"At first it was difficult for his environment to have diabetes, he did not want to puncture, or perform glycemic controls in front of anyone, park, catechesis, football, non -close family ... his friends help him a lot to take him as well as possible, they even avoidEating sweets in front of him..
For children to learn to control a health problem that affects all spheres of lifeIt is very helpful to know the experiences of other children in their same situation."The coexistence we have made have come great, to share experiences, concerns and see that you are the same as many other children is fantastic. Like a lot of population, we will get to have the greatest normality and have control, although sometimesLet's get down, "concludes Carmen Ana.
diabetes: alert signals
Nurse María Luisa Verdugo, a reference for diabetes education at the Valme Hospital, explains what are the signs that alert parents that something is not going well in their child: "Children begin to drink a lot, eat a lot and do to doPipí a lot.
As for the care, from the diagnosis, the hospital team of the Valme Hospital trains children in insulin administration techniques."There are three fundamental pillars: food, insulin and exercise treatment," adds the reference nurse."We emphasize food, in the right intake due to rations in carbohydrates; we teach them insulin administration techniques, in their controls, what is hypoglycemia and hyperglyciemia. We train parents and the child when it is already large enough".
Nurse María Luisa Verdugo and Dr. Juan Diego Carmona, Endocrine Pediatrician, integrate an assistance device within the Pediatrics service at the Valme Hospital.In addition to clinical care, they develop a work of nutritional education and emotional support highly valued by families.The closeness and empathy with families is a sign of identity that provides added value to the care approach.
Spain is the second country with the highest prevalence of diabetes in Europe, according to the latest edition of the Diabetes Atlas of the International Diabetes Federation, where it highlights that, at least, one in seven adults present this disease, and that in twoYears The number of people with diabetes has increased by 42%.
10/19/2022 10:23 a.m.
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Question: Why does Type 1 diabetes increase so much in Spain?Or does the article refer to type 2 diabetes?
We have one of the best climates in Europe, better "diet", better character;) .... Best quality of life in short .... I don't understand it.
10/19/2022 7:25 p.m.
Lada enero 2015.
Uso Toujeo y Novorapid.
Has 42%increased in two years?I mean, from pandemia.Both the Covid and its vaccine affect the immune system.Cancer has also increased.
The children gives me a lot of pity, I feel a lot of empathy for them.It is a channel having to deal with this in childhood and let's not say in adolescence, poor.
I comfort myself of having debuted with 53, I have lived my childhood, my adolescence, my two pregnancies without this slavery.Now I have enough maturity to take it serenity, what injustice suffering from diabetes since childhood ...
10/19/2022 10:48 p.m.
LADA desde septiembre de 2021
Toujeo y Fiasp
Aprendiendo
@Ensalada, are viruses, not vaccines, which trigger diabetes in genetically predisposed people.My daughter triggered a Coxsackie virus, which already had it very studied, and there are several more.Now the Sars- COV -2 also seems to be another trigger.
Precisely, what I expected for a long time is for vaccines for that type of virus, which are those that could avoid many diabetes, especially in children.
10/20/2022 2:42 a.m.
Hija de 35 años , diabética desde los 5. Glico: normalmente de 6 , pero 6,7 la última ( 6,2 marcaba el Free)
Fiasp: 4- 4- 3 Toujeo: 20
On cancer, during the Covid pandemic, many routine controls were canceled, so the detection of cancer cases (and others) was affected, that is, it is normal that in post-pandemic the detection of these cases is triggeredNot only are cases of this year identify, but of the previous 2, in addition, as has spent more time until its detection, the cases are probably more serious.
10/20/2022 6:20 a.m.
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question: Why does type 1 diabetes increase so much in Spain?Or does the article refer to type 2 diabetes?
We have one of the best climates in Europe, better "diet", better character;) .... Best quality of life in short .... I don't understand it.
Is that the autoimmune has nothing to do with that the DM type 2 yes but the 1 no
10/20/2022 1:42 p.m.
I debuted with 10 years in style, with 600 glycemia, ketoacidosis and associated pancreatitis, I was in the ICU and then on the plant.
It is a whore, as a child and adolescent even more, but you end up accepting it, many times, as with any other chronic disease, psychological help, for the child and for parents.Diabetic associations play a very important role in this, there are meetings, exits, camps for kids, which at least at the beginning, can be very beneficial and take away a lot of tension from the subject, apart from learning many things
Regardless of this, and knowing that it is a very fat whore, to say that although it sounds like the usual, there are very worse things.
What have to take care and control a lot?Yes, but other diseases are not so controllable and obey genetics or other factors that you cannot control,
You have to take it as an elite athletes as a child, who has to have a healthy and stricter food and habits than the general population.
And little by little go assuming, nobody wants to have diabetes like nobody wants to have an arrhythmia or a lupus with renal affectation, or cancer.
It cannot affect us psychologically and acceptance takes time but we will have to get to it, and if not, psychological help, because today, there is no cure and you have to take it in the best possible way.
In addition there are sensors, a thousand information sites, many types of insulin who make life infinitely easier, nothing to do with how I debuted.
It is still a very fat and clear roll that changes your life but can be carried and in large part, it depends on you.
Perhaps it is not healthy what the general population does either, that would also have to ask that.
And several points.
First, I don't know why sports can not be done below 90 cdo the normal section is 70 to 100, and even lower in children.If it goes down a lot, then the slow or the rapid is lowered but everything can be done once the matter is controlled and the necessary information has.
Second, why do you have to take three rations of HC mandatory, do you feel like it or not?It is not so, you put the fast insulin that you need according to, if it is a ration because one and if there are four, I do not see the need.
There are continuous measurement systems and even watches to see glycemia in the wrist if eg you are doing sports.These parents should inform themselves and receive information about everything.
We have all passed our duel and complain many times and this exhausts, but they are moments, then we have to resume the reins, and in spite of everything, there is much to enjoy.
I do not know if this message can be sent to these parents I am also from Seville, I know the hospital and I know the professionals and well, in the end, with the appropriate guidelines, who have to take the helm without the parents now and inBrief, the child.And of course, not victimize him, and give him many reasons to enjoy life.
10/20/2022 2:02 p.m.
For a child it is important to be able to tell him that he will be eating.What we control are the quantities.We use chuches at the time of the hypos and a lot of bolus corrector when it is needed.Going to Mc Donakds sometimes helps.Being with other diabetic children in colonies also not to feel alone and see how others manage.
Parents not only have to control the diabetis but also that they are okay.
I tell my son that he is not sick but that he only has to prick insulin because he does not manufacture it but that he clicks on it is like the others.😄
10/22/2022 7:50 a.m.