The role of genetic testing in the diagnosis and treatment of neonatal diabetes

Diabetes is a disease that can appear at any age, occurs in all subjects, including infants. Diabetes in babies is currently a confusing and worrying problem for most parents. However, now parents can be more assured, with the development of medicine today, gene testing method was born. This method can help us determine if an infant has diabetes. From there, appropriate treatment can be taken to protect the health and safety of children.

Newborn diabetes, also known as neonatal diabetes. This can be understood as a type of hormonal disease, directly related to the problem of blood sugar metabolism disorders, causing high blood sugar levels, leading to diabetes.
A lot of people have asked if babies have diabetes ? Diabetes is actually very rare in infancy. However, this disease can still appear, before the baby enters the age of 6 months, or before the age of 12 months. There are many reasons why babies develop diabetes. Typically occurs during preterm birth, infection, perfusion, or drug effects.
There are three types of neonatal diabetes that we need to know, they are:
Transient neonatal diabetes. Persistent neonatal diabetes. Neonatal diabetes with syndrome. Among them, transient neonatal diabetes is the most common type in children. It is also possible to call it hereditary neonatal diabetes, because children with this type of diabetes account for about 10% to 20% of the time it is hereditary.
Transient neonatal diabetes is often difficult to detect early, it is necessary to wait until the stage when the symptoms of the disease begin to appear and become obvious to find out. For some children with unscientific nutrition, leading to overweight and obesity, there is a risk of long-term neonatal diabetes. Therefore, in addition to objective reasons, parents should pay attention to the child's diet. Limit for children with diabetes, long-lasting neonatal diabetes.

Gene testing is a method to look for changes in heredity, in other words, to find mutated genes. Genetic mutations are not necessarily harmful, but can be beneficial, not harmful, or have no clear effect on health. Harmful mutations will increase the risk of complications, for diseases from mild to severe, dangerous to human life.
Currently, genetic testing methods have been applied, in the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes in infants. This method is highly appreciated for its ability to analyze and diagnose neonatal diabetes very accurately. Thanks to that, it has helped a lot in the treatment of this dangerous diabetes. At the same time, it also helps relatives of suspected cases of the disease, from being bewildered by unfounded speculations.

As mentioned, genetic testing is very effective in diagnosing diabetes in babies. Specifically, the role of this test is:
For neonatal diabetes, in the period before 6 months of age, when applying this method, it is possible to avoid misdiagnosis with onset diabetes. at infancy. Helps in patient cases, avoiding unnecessary prolongation of the treatment process. Thanks to the distinction of LS types in the single-gene diabetes group, it has helped doctors make treatment decisions, monitor and determine prognosis. Thanks to this method, the genetics of family members were investigated. It can be seen that the genetic testing method plays an extremely important role in the diagnosis and treatment of neonatal diabetes. If unfortunately a child has this disease, it will be detected and treated at the earliest. In conclusion, diabetes in newborns is very rare, but it also means that this disease still has a chance. happens to infants. Besides, the most difficult problem is the diagnosis of newborn diabetes, through the symptoms of the disease. Because this disease is in its early stages, there will be no obvious symptoms. Therefore, to know the exact health status of the child, parents need to take the child to have some blood sugar tests, along with genetic testing.

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