Anxious parents harm children

Parents who are too worried about their children's health, diabetes may actually worsen their situation. Researchers found that in young patients with super-anxious moms and dads is the uncontrolled blood sugar levels. And it threatens to amputations, blindness and stroke!

How to explain such a paradox - the more parents are worried about the health of a child with diabetes The worse he feels? Perhaps the reason for this is the fear of mothers and fathers to their children hypoglycemia. This life-threatening condition develops when blood sugar   drops too low. The child is sweating, he notes trembling in the limbs, confusion, irritability, tachycardia. Often, the baby loses consciousness. All these symptoms scare children, but even more - their parents.

And then some fathers and mothers in fear of this complication are beginning to prick your children too little insulin, which leads to uncontrolled Blood sugar level . This increases the risk of dangerous complications a child with diabetes As amputation, blindness and strokes. This is the conclusion, researchers from Bergen University College in Norway.

"We were able to establish a direct connection between the emotional state of the parents, their fear hypoglycemia in children and the level of accountability of diabetes in their children - says study author Dr. Anna Haugstvedt. - We hope that our findings will help to define a middle ground - the level of support and concern for the health of young diabetics, which is not harmful to their health and benefit. "

The study traced the Norwegian scientists for 200 parents of 115 children with diabetes of the first type. It was also found that mothers were afraid of hypoglycemia in children   much more dads.

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