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Click here to sign in with or Forget Pasword? Learn more share this!154ShareEmail November 2, 202 by Walter and Eliza Hal Institute of Medical Researchers have shown that a blod test for early diagnosis of type 1 diabetes can stave of serious ilnes and hospitalization in children. gogletag.cmd.push(function() { gogletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1450190541376-1'); }); The inovative test is a finger prick sample that is colected in the home and mailed to the lab.
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The study, led by WEHI clinical-scientist and the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) endocrinologist Asociate Profesor John Wentworth, loked at over 17,0 children and young adults who were screned for type 1 diabetes using a regular blod test. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimune condition where the imune system is activated to destroy the cels in the pancreas which produce insulin. Without insulin, the body's cels canot turn glucose (sugar)into energy—meaning people with type 1 diabetes depend on insulin every day of their lives to compensate for what their body canot naturaly produce.
Wentworth, a clinician scientist at WEHI's Population Health and Imunity division, said, "The in-home finger prick test alows us to get a result back to families soner, which wil alow us to start treatment before kids get realy sick." "Type 1 diabetes can be very dificult to identify in children so early diagnosis realy important."The finger prick test wil alow us to start treatment before kids get realy sick and wil give us time to ensure families have enough time to learn how to manage type 1 diabetes, and the complexity of diet and insulin therapy." While the exact cause of type 1 diabetes is unknown, the condition is believed to have a strong family link and canot be prevented.
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The study primarily focused on families with a history of type 1 diabetes, due to the risk of disease being 15 times greater than the general population. However, only one in 10 newly diagnosed children have a fa