Hi, mein sohn ist 21 monate alt und es würde festgestellt vor 4 wochen das er typ 1 hat. Die einstellungen sind schwer weil mit seine werte ist es wie ne achterbahn fahrt was unbegreiflich ist weil er kriegt immer die gleiche dosis und die gleiche BE´s in ein tag. Jetzt hat er auch haarausfall und ich möchte wissen ob er vielleicht ein andere krankheit haben kann neben diese diabetis. Was meint ihr? ich würde mich freuen über antworten von ihr und bitte entschuldigen meine deutsch ich bin amerikanisch von Robert Lufrano

Hallo Robert,

vor allem braucht Ihr einen guten Diabetologen, der sich mit kindlichem Diabetes auskennt.

Ich empfehle Euch das Forum für diabet. Kinder und ihre Eltern bei

http://www.diabetes-kids.de

von Reinhard

Hi Robert,

it´s quite a problem ;-)
Althoug you can give your son the same dose of insulin every day, it´s quite difficult to give such a young child always the same amount of carbohydrates. Next to that his blood glucose depends on hours of sleeping or being "activ" - the more activities, the more carbohydrates (or instead less insulin) he will need.

Loss of hair is no typical sign (!) of diabetes or one of its associated diseases. So I´d ask a doctor for any other diseases as soon as possible. Any other disease could probably cause bad values of blood glucose, too, by the way.

Best wishes, Anke.

von Anke S.

Thank You Anke. I insisted yesterday that the doctors take a complete blood analysation to see if he has any other disorders. He has been in the hospital now for 4 weeks today. They don´t know how long it will take for the einstellungen. von Robert Lufrano

Hi Robert,

I did´n know that your son is still in hospital. In that case surely every one of the doctors can give you better information than anybody else. You see, there are such a lot of reasons which could cause loss of hair (and possibly pathognomonic symptoms) that it´s difficult to give an adequate answer "online".

It´s a problem sometimes that doctors don´t seem to have enough time to explain detailed. Just don´t stop asking ...! It concerns the wellness of your son and you are right if you ask as long as your interest isn´t satisfied.

The adjustmend of insulin dependend diabetes often takes quite a lot of time. Even concerning children .... don´t lose your patience ...
Today diabetic patients don´t need any diabetic diet (as they did up to a few years ago) for there are lots of different kinds of insulin now, which can "manage" nearly every kind of carbohydrates.
Perhpas you´re also interested to try a so called "insulin-pump" sometimes - there are hospitals in Germany yet, which give them to children, too. It´s a kind of therapy, which makes the adjustment of diabetes easier. You can have a look at www.accu-chek.de if interested.

Best wishes,
XX
Anke von Anke S.