A study done on the costs of medical care for children and teenagers with diabetes revealed that the expenses their parents or caregiver have to spend on is six times higher than kids without diabetes or only get sick with the usual fever, headache and other minor problems.
Having diabetes is a series issue. For many kids this is developed whiles still young. These can be prevented with proper diet and care as well as good exercise and physical activities.
Today, many kids are becoming diabetics with the kind of lifestyle they are used to. Parents need to look for ways to prevent this from worsening.
These are the facts that will appear in the journal, Diabetes Care:
Annual medical expenses for youth with diabetes were $9,061, compared with $1,468 for those without diabetes. Prescription drugs and outpatient care accounted for much of the extra medical costs.
The highest medical costs were for youth with diabetes who required insulin, which included all those with type 1 diabetes and some with type 2 diabetes. The annual medical expenses for those who received insulin were $9,333, compared to $5,683 for youth with diabetes who did not require insulin.
Medical costs for all Americans with diabetes, most of whom are adults, are 2.3 times higher than for those without diabetes, according to the CDC’s 2011 National Diabetes Fact Sheet.
The diabetes-related difference in medical costs may be greater among young people than adults due to higher medication costs, visits to specialists and medical supplies such as insulin syringes and glucose testing strips, according to the researchers.
They noted that 92 percent of youth with diabetes required insulin, compared to 26 percent of adults with diabetes.
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