A three-year-old United States girl has been diagnosed with Type-2 diabetes, a condition that primarily affects the middle-aged and the elderly. They also ruled out type 1 diabetes, also known as juvenile diabetes, as this occurs way earlier in childhood.
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The analysis showed there was no adverse link between short naps of about 40 minutes a day and Type 2 diabetes. “This girl was very young and was morbidly obese”.
A review of the child’s diet revealed poor family nutritional habits with uncontrolled counting of calories and fat.
Doctors prescribed her with a liquid form of metformin because she’s having trouble swallowing shaped tablets.
The study found that the increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes was 21%, 34% and 57% for light, moderate, and heavy smokers, respectively, compared with never smokers. “I think to be certain these genetic tests should have been performed”.
The research adds to evidence of a link between smoking and type 2 diabetes, but does not prove that smoking directly causes it.
DUTCH experts behind the study of nearly 6500 English children said those aged three to five who have no garden are more likely to be overweight or obese by the age of seven. Weighing as much as an average 11-year-old, and double the average for her own age, the toddler was brought to a paediatric clinic in Texas to examine her weight gain as well as excessive urination and thirst – classic diabetes symptoms. Cristopher Cannon, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, said that the trial results are more than encouraging for health care authorities and diabetic patients. She was born at term weighing 3.2kg(7lbs).
Yafi says this child was helped by medication combined with a total family lifestyle change – lowering calorie intake and increasing physical activity. However, both her weight of 35 kilos (77 pounds) and her body mass index were in the top 5 percent of all children her age.
Yafi said the case showed that type 2 diabetes could be reversed in children by early diagnosis, appropriate therapy and changes in lifestyle.
In May, the Food and Drug Administration issued a safety warning to patients that use of SGLT2 inhibitors may lead to ketoacidosis, a condition where the body produces high levels of acid in the blood.
Over the course of about 6 months, the girl lost a quarter of her initial weight and her blood glucose levels returned to normal.
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Yafi and Tuomi disclosed no relevant relationships with industry.
