What would you do if you were notified by your kid's teacher that you precious baby have gone into a diabetic coma? Being diagnosed with diabetes is hard enough for an adult but diabetes in children would be more difficult.

Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) or juvenile diabetes is commonly known as type 1 diabetes. Juvenile diabetes is diagnosed in children and in young adults under the age of 30. Although rare, older people may also suffer from type 1 diabetes. It would be hard to detect if your child has IDDM symptoms given that kids are naturally active and would not manifest any weakness until the disease is on its advance stage.

However, type 1 diabetes is more serious than the prevalent type 2 and it is doubly necessary to look out for the symptoms in your child as early detection would naturally prevent the occurrence of life threatening complications.

Frequent urination and excessive thirst is a common symptom of the disease. The excess sugar makes a child extremely thirsty and would demand to drink very often to compensate. Since they are taking in more water, they would naturally need to go to the bathroom more often. Another symptom of juvenile diabetes is blurred vision. The child may also feel numb and tingling hands and feet but just like blurred vision, this too would be hard to detect since the child may not be aware that what he is feeling is not normal.

Wounds and bruises that take a long time to heal is a visible indication of IDDM. Watch out if your child who has a normally happy disposition is suddenly showing extreme mood swings. The kid's constant need for food may be taken as growth spurt but you should be concerned if in spite of the food intake the kid is still losing weight. If you see these signs in your kid, it would be best to contact a physician at once as diabetes is a serious illness that can impair your kid's life. However, the child can live a normal life if the disease is treated at once.