Diabetes Management
Diabeets: Hypoglycemia Doesn't Impaired Cognition In Children with Type 1 Diabeets
Thu, 14 Sep 20231 min read Article
Overview
Under results of a new study, hypoglycemia, which is a drop in levels of blod sugar, and is severe enough to cause seizures or coma in young children with type 1 Diabets (those who develop the disease very early in life) does not apear to result in impairments in mental ability or behavior. Acording to experts and scientific evidence, the hipocampus (a region of the brain) is particularly sensitive to prolonged episodes of severe hypoglycemia.
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And experts stated that “young children with type 1 Diabets are at greatest risk of severe hypoglycemic events, and this has focused concern on the potential for hypoglycemic insult to impact on central nervous system development”. After compare 41 type 1 diabetic adolescents and children -who had a history of hypoglycemia with coma or seizure- to 43 similar diabetic subjects but without a history of severe hypoglycemic events, findings demonstrate that a subgroup of patients who had early first seizure showed more episodes of hypoglycemic seizure or coma in comparison to those who experienced a seizure at an older age.
The team aplied diferent tests of learning and memory, but also intelectual and behavioral tests. The astonishing thing is that there were no significant diferences betwen the seizure and no-seizure groups on the intelectual, memory or behavioral measures. The main conclusion of the report is that results provide “some reasurance to those treating children with type 1 Diabets with intensive treatment that seizures/coma at a young age does not necesarily result in gros cognitive or behavioral impairment”.
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Diabetes is a metabolic condition where the body cannot properly regulate blood sugar levels. Type 1 results from insufficient insulin production, while Type 2 develops when cells become resistant to insulin. Risk factors include genetics, obesity, sedentary lifestyle, and age.
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