Diabeets: Hypoglycemia Doesn’t Impaired Cognition In Children with Type 1 Diabeets

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Under results of a new study, hypoglycemia, which is a drop in levels of blood sugar, and is severe enough to cause seizures or coma in young children with type 1 Diabeets (those who develop the disease very early in life) does not appear to result in impairments in mental ability or behavior

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Under results of a new study, hypoglycemia, which is a drop in levels of blood sugar, and is severe enough to cause seizures or coma in young children with type 1 Diabeets (those who develop the disease very early in life) does not appear to result in impairments in mental ability or behavior. 

According to experts and scientific evidence, the hippocampus (a region of the brain) is particularly sensitive to prolonged episodes of severe hypoglycemia. And experts stated that ìyoung children with type 1 Diabeets are at greatest risk of severe hypoglycemic events, and this has focused concern on the potential for hypoglycemic insult to impact on central nervous system developmentî. 

After compare 41 type 1 diabetic adolescents and children -who had a history of hypoglycemia with coma or seizure- to 43 similar diabetic subjects but without a history of severe hypoglycemic events, findings demonstrate that a subgroup of patients who had early first seizure showed more episodes of hypoglycemic seizure or coma in comparison to those who experienced a seizure at an older age. 

The team applied different tests of learning and memory, but also intellectual and behavioral tests. The astonishing thing is that there were no significant differences between the seizure and no-seizure groups on the intellectual, memory or behavioral measures. 

The main conclusion of the report is that results provide ìsome reassurance to those treating children with type 1 Diabeets with intensive treatment that seizures/coma at a young age does not necessarily result in gross cognitive or behavioral impairmentî.

Diabeets: Hypoglycemia Doesn’t Impaired Cognition In Children with Type 1 Diabeets