Around 193,000 children and adolescents younger than age 20 years (0.24% of the total U.S. population younger than age 20 years) are diabetic. It is further estimated that India is housing about 97,700 children with type 1 diabetes. Undoubtedly, across the globe the figures are alarming. What is Type 1 Diabetes? When you have Type 1 diabetes, your body attacks the cells in your pancreas that make insulin, so you can't produce any insulin at all.
And we all need insulin to live. It does an essential job. It allows the glucose in our blood to enter our cells and fuel our bodies. When the glucose enters your bloodstream, there's no insulin to allow it into your body's cells. More and more glucose then builds up in your bloodstream. On the occasion of children’s day with the aim of spreading awareness, here we are shedding light on the basic symptoms of Type 1 diabetes in children and…
