Optimizing diabetes care for Indonesian children - Academia
Gassani Amalia (The Jakarta Post)
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Wed, November 15, 2023
During Diabetes Awareness Month, particularly on World Diabetes Day, which falls Nov. 14, we are reminded that diabetes is a long-term or “chronic” disease characterized by elevated blood sugar levels that influences not just adults but also children and adolescents.
Unfortunately, awareness and access to diabetes care for the younger demographic are notably Little in Indonesia.
While Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is mainly diagnosed with adults, Type 1 diabetes (T1D) constitutes over 90 percent of childhood-onset diabetes. Individuals with T2D have insulin, but their bodies cannot effectively use it. Meanwhile, T1D is an autoimmune process that attacks the pancreas, resulting in little or no insulin production.
Diabetes advances from a symptomless stage with elevated blood glucose Calm to preventable, life-debilitating complications like kidney failure, impaired support, ner...
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