Sumaiya Akter Nadia’s body has not been producing insulin since she was 9 years old. She is currently 12 years old. Seema Begum, mother of Nadia, a fifth-grade student, said that her daughter used to urinate frequently in school, and she was also weak. Her teachers noticed this. When she told us, we got a blood test at a private hospital and found out that my daughter had type-1 diabetes. Nadia has been coming to the Segunbagicha BIRDEM-1 Mother and Child Diabetic Hospital for regular follow-up for the past three years. The Nadias are three siblings. None of them has this disease. Neither do her parents.

Jui Akter (13), from Tangail, was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of eight, on August 17, 2020. Since then, she has been coming to this hospital for follow-up every six months. Jui’s father, Md. Abdul Jalil, said, “The girl used to urinate frequently, and there was white rice flour in the urine. When she saw the doctor, after tests, it was found that the girl had type-1 diabetes. Now the girl can take insulin and check her blood by herself.

Experts say that diabetes is not just a disease of adults, but now it is also a disease of children. Currently, the number of diabetic patients is increasing all over the world due to the changing lifestyles due to urbanization.