Children with type 1 diabetes and asthma need a major insulin dose in front of children with type 1 diabetes that do not have, according to a recent report published in Pediatric Diabetes.
In an observational cohort study in Germany and Austria, the researchers also found that the prevalence of asthma in children with type 1 diabetes is lower compared to the general population (3.4% compared to 4.7%), in contrast to contrast toThe findings in the studies carried out in the United States, where there is a higher prevalence of asthma in adolescents with type 1 diabetes compared to the general population (10.8% compared to 8.7%).
The director of the Rami-Merhar study and his colleagues analyzed the data of 51,926 children with type 1 diabetes of the Austrian and German database since September 2011. The researchers analyzed electronic registers of patients for the diagnosis of asthma.The researchers also evaluated the HBA1C, the type of insulin therapy (convention, intensive therapy or pump therapy), the incidence of severe hypoglycemia, and the BMI.
Within the database, 1,755 (3.4%) had asthma and type 1 diabetes. Patients with both conditions were more likely to be male (61%vs. 52%), were higher and had a longer duration ofDiabetes, and were more often using insulin pump therapy against a conventional insulin regime, according to researchers.
The investigators concluded that patients with asthma need major insulin doses.It was also observed that patients with type 1 diabetes and asthma experienced more severe hypoglycemia compared to patients without asthma.
"This highest insulin demand could be due to the least physical activity and, therefore, slightly greater insulin resistance, induced by the inflammation of associated asthma, and / or the concomitant drugs, first of all corticosteroids,"The researchers wrote.
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