The Pediatrics Service of the Candelaria hospital annually detects between 20 and 30 new cases of diabetes of pediatric age.
It is a chronic disease that appears when the pancreas does not generate sufficient insulin to maintain adequate glucose levels.
This type of type 1 diabetes is the most common in childhood and from the Candelaria hospital, through pediatric endocrinology, 250 children are treated and controlled currently, which also offers advice and diabetological education for them and theirfamilies to learn to live with her and improve their quality of life.
This hormone requires being administered daily in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus by injections or bombs.