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CALL TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF DM TYPE 1 OF CHILDREN, EXPERT
Jakarta, Nov 9 (ANTARA) - People need to increase their awareness of diabetes melitus (DM) type-1 on children, senior consultant pediatrician Dr Lee Wei Rhen Warren, said here on Monday.
The consultant of Novo Nordisk's Changing Diabetes in Children CSR program in Africa said that people often set aside DM type-1 as rather rare unlike DM type-2 which normally attacked adults.
"Although still lacking in data on type-1, we believed the number of sufferes are increasing steadily. In Singapore, for example, there are 600 DM type-1 sufferers in practically every four million people in the world and the number is constantly increasing," Warren said.
Most DM type-1 cases, keto acid, on children ended in death, due to uncontrollable glucose rate in children.
The increase of glucose, he said, could disrupt the work of pancreas beta cells in producing insulin. As the result, the pancreas stopped producing insulin, causing various complications.
"DM type 1 patients normally urinate too often, and they are constantly losing weight, and ants will often approach their urine," Warren said, adding that children with DM type 1 might depend on insulin injection for the rest of their lives.
However, the doctor stated the sufferers could still live normally, if properly treated.
Meanwhile, pediatrician Dr Aman Bhakti Pulungan said there were obstacles in the treatment of child diabetics, namely the lack of insuline supplies, especially in remote areas.
"The limited number of health personnel, and the relatively high price of insulin are also obstacles to the proper treatment of child diabetics," Aman said.
Fortunately, Aman said, Indonesia and the World Diabetes Foundation (WDF) had run several projects to tackle the obstacles in giving treatment to DM type 1 children such as training on the management of type 1 diabetes for pediatricians and emergency physicians held in six cities in Indonesia namely Yogyakarta, Semarang, Surabaya, Denpasar, Padang and Manado.
There were also training on how to manage diabetic patients, such as those held in Jakarta, Semarang, Yogyakarta and Surabaya.
"All programs under cooperation with WDF will come to an end in 2011," Aman said adding that Indonesia was a pilot project of the program which aimed at increasing awareness of DM type 1 in the society.**3***
The consultant of Novo Nordisk's Changing Diabetes in Children CSR program in Africa said that people often set aside DM type-1 as rather rare unlike DM type-2 which normally attacked adults.
"Although still lacking in data on type-1, we believed the number of sufferes are increasing steadily. In Singapore, for example, there are 600 DM type-1 sufferers in practically every four million people in the world and the number is constantly increasing," Warren said.
Most DM type-1 cases, keto acid, on children ended in death, due to uncontrollable glucose rate in children.
The increase of glucose, he said, could disrupt the work of pancreas beta cells in producing insulin. As the result, the pancreas stopped producing insulin, causing various complications.
"DM type 1 patients normally urinate too often, and they are constantly losing weight, and ants will often approach their urine," Warren said, adding that children with DM type 1 might depend on insulin injection for the rest of their lives.
However, the doctor stated the sufferers could still live normally, if properly treated.
Meanwhile, pediatrician Dr Aman Bhakti Pulungan said there were obstacles in the treatment of child diabetics, namely the lack of insuline supplies, especially in remote areas.
"The limited number of health personnel, and the relatively high price of insulin are also obstacles to the proper treatment of child diabetics," Aman said.
Fortunately, Aman said, Indonesia and the World Diabetes Foundation (WDF) had run several projects to tackle the obstacles in giving treatment to DM type 1 children such as training on the management of type 1 diabetes for pediatricians and emergency physicians held in six cities in Indonesia namely Yogyakarta, Semarang, Surabaya, Denpasar, Padang and Manado.
There were also training on how to manage diabetic patients, such as those held in Jakarta, Semarang, Yogyakarta and Surabaya.
"All programs under cooperation with WDF will come to an end in 2011," Aman said adding that Indonesia was a pilot project of the program which aimed at increasing awareness of DM type 1 in the society.**3***
