Juvenile Diabetes Health Video

Juvenile diabetes is abnormally high blood sugar and a form of disordered metabolism in young adults. Get expert tips and advice on preventing, diagnosing, and treating juvenile diabetes in this video.

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Dr. Smith received her medical degree from the University of Arkansas and did her residency at Arkansas Children's Hospital and her fellowship at Stanford. She works now at the Vancouver Clinic and she loves forming relationships with her patients and their families as she helps them to better health. She has been a pediatrician for twenty years.

DR. JACQUELINE SMITH: My name is Dr. Jacqueline Smith. I'm the pediatrician at the Vancouver Clinic in Vancouver, Washington. Type 1 diabetes mellitus is a common disorder that presents with elevation and blood sugar levels. The symptoms include excessive thirst, excessive urination, weight loss, and fatigue. Children may also present with stomach aches and new-onset bedwetting. The diagnosis is made by having a random blood sugar greater that 200 or fasting blood sugar greater than 125. In difficult-to-diagnose cases, an oral glucose tolerance test maybe done and blood sugar levels are greater than 200. Type 1 diabetes mellitus is a deficiency of insulin. So the treatment focuses on insulin replacement by injection or by infusion via insulin pump. Education and nutritional counseling are key factors in the management of this disorder. If you suspect diabetes mellitus, you should contact your primary care provider immediately. The American Diabetes Association is a good source of additional information.

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