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Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes Leads to Serious Complications by Early Adulthood

Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes Leads to Serious Complications by Early Adulthood

Source : https://www.chop.edu/news/youth-onset-type-2-diabetes-leads-serious-complications-early-adulthood

A landmark study on type 2 diabetes in young people, involving researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Penn Medicine, has found that those diagnosed during childhood and adolescence have a high risk of developing serious health complications by early adulthood.

  • 5yr
    Thanks for your valuable input [~Dr--Hamid--ayeshahameed09@ ] ! Here is a link to the design of a proposed clinical trial evaluating medical vs surgical treatment in pediatric patients with T2DM: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34389568/
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    Diabetes diagnosis in young age can lead to serious health complications. Researchers found that 67% of participants developed high blood pressure, nearly 55% had kidney disease, and 51% had eye disease.