Epidemiological Clinical Characterization of Diabetes Mellitus type 1 in Pediatrics, Mario Catarino Rivas Hospital

Abstract

Background: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is considered a metabolic disease with a high level of blood glucose (hyperglycemia) chronically, caused by a
partial or total deficit in the secretion or action of insulin. 70-90% of DM1 have an autoimmune base. Objective: Describe the clinical epidemiological characteristics of Diabetes Mellitus I in Pediatrics at Mario Catarino Rivas Hospital, San Pedro Sula, Cortés, in the period from June 2017 to June 2019. Patients and methods: Quantitative, descriptive, observational study, performed on patients under 18 who met inclusion criteria. Data were collected by survey. Results: The most frequent age group was the 6-12 year old schoolboy in 49%. More frequent in women in 51%, 29% of the patients studied were sedentary, 17% dyslipidemia and overweight. The most frequent symptoms were polyphagia in 44%, polyuria in 21%. Conclusions: The socio-demographic characteristics of the population group studied were the following, the most affected sex was female and the most frequent age group was schoolchildren who are attending primary school, most of the patients studied did not present associated diseases, while that only a few were overweight and dyslipidemias associated with Type I Diabetes Mellitus, a predominance of symptomatic debut associated with the triad of polyphagia, polydipsia and polyuria was observed, as well as blurred vision and weight loss.