Surge of pediatric patients with diabetic ketoacidosis during COVID-19 pandemic
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), children generally appear to be less severely impacted by COVID-19 than adults. But a new study from Children s Hospital Los Angeles shows that the pandemic could be affecting children s health in unexpected ways. The study reveals a surge of patients presenting with diabetic ketoacidosis, a severe complication of type 2 diabetes. Published today in
Diabetes Care, these data offer additional insights into how the pandemic may be impacting the nation s children.
Diabetic ketoacidosis, or DKA, is life-threatening. DKA happens when insulin levels in the blood drop too low for too long. Insulin helps the body utilize glucose. So when there s not enough insulin, the body starts breaking down fat as a source of energy.
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While the ongoing Covid pandemic has reportedly affected children much less than adults, a new study shows that an increasing number of children with Type-2 diabetes have faced severe complications.
There has been a surge of children with life-threatening diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) a severe complication of Type-2 diabetes during the Covid pandemic, revealed the study from Children s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). DKA happens when insulin levels in the blood drop too low for too long, said lead author Lily Chao, Interim Medical Diabetes Director at CHLA.
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Paediatric Type-2 diabetes complications rise in US during Covid
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New York, April 27 : While the ongoing Covid pandemic has reportedly affected children much less than adults, a new study shows that an increasing number of children with Type-2 diabetes have faced severe complications.
There has been a surge of children with life-threatening diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) a severe complication of Type-2 diabetes during the Covid pandemic, revealed the study from Children s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). DKA happens when insulin levels in the blood drop too low for too long, said lead author Lily Chao, Interim Medical Diabetes Director at CHLA.