Childhood diabetes.

  • R. K. Menon
  • , M. A. Sperling

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Abstract

The child with diabetes mellitus has special problems that require skilled attention best achieved by a team of professionals. The goals of managing a child with diabetes are summarized in Table 7. The features that distinguish the child from an adult with diabetes are inability to communicate or verbalize symptoms, unpredictable eating and exercise patterns, special nutritional requirements of growth, and the emotional and psychological upheavals experienced during adolescence.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1565-1576
Number of pages12
JournalMedical Clinics of North America
Volume72
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1988
Externally publishedYes

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