Source: Screening all UK children for type 1 diabetes would be effective, study says – BBC News
All UK children could be offered screening for type 1 diabetes using a simple finger-prick blood test, say researchers who have been running a large study.
Currently, many young people go undiagnosed and risk developing a life-threatening complication called diabetic ketoacidosis that needs urgent hospital treatment.
Identifying diabetes earlier could help avoid this and mean treatments to control problematic blood sugar levels can be given sooner.
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