title: Childhood diabetes.
abstract: The child with diabetes mellitus has special problems that require skilled attention best achieved by a team of professionals. The goals of managing a child with diabetes are summarized in Table 7. The features that distinguish the child from an adult with diabetes are inability to communicate or verbalize symptoms, unpredictable eating and exercise patterns, special nutritional requirements of growth, and the emotional and psychological upheavals experienced during adolescence.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D016883:Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Q000628:therapy; D003927:Diet, Diabetic; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D010808:Physical Examination
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin