Patient's question:
My son is currently just seven years old, and I don't know what's wrong with him. Recently, he has been saying that his mouth is particularly dry and that he can drink a lot more water. He has also experienced a significant increase in appetite. The most noticeable symptom recently is that he loves going to the bathroom very much, and the frequency of his urination has increased significantly. After checking and diagnosing at the hospital, it was found that he suffers from diabetes.Doctor's answer:
The early symptoms of childhood diabetes mainly manifest in several forms: frequent urination, increased urination frequency, often feeling thirsty, and sometimes needing to get up at night to drink water. Itching of the skin and genital area or recurrent urinary tract infections, increased appetite, and heightened sense of hunger. The early symptoms of childhood diabetes, if they occur in children as they do in adults, often include polyphagia, polydipsia, and polyuria. The long-term complications are caused by microvascular lesions, leading to damage to the eyes, heart, kidneys, and nervous system.