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04/07/2007
Diabetics risk health problems to become thin
A frightening new type of eating disorder called diabulimia could be affecting thousands of teenage diabetics across the UK.
Many teens who need daily injections could be skipping them in a bid to lose weight.
People with type 1 diabetes need to inject to absorb glucose, and failure in doing this could risk organ failure, comas, eye problems and even death.
Science Information manager at Diabetes UK, Matt Hunt said: "It is hard to know exactly how many young people are abusing their insulin, but we have estimated around one in three young women with diabetes, which translates to about 3,000 people."
The skipping of insulin treatments is compared to bulimia because it purges sugar from the body through the kidneys, which is much like what happens in bulimia, through binging, purging and vomiting.
(CD)
Many teens who need daily injections could be skipping them in a bid to lose weight.
People with type 1 diabetes need to inject to absorb glucose, and failure in doing this could risk organ failure, comas, eye problems and even death.
Science Information manager at Diabetes UK, Matt Hunt said: "It is hard to know exactly how many young people are abusing their insulin, but we have estimated around one in three young women with diabetes, which translates to about 3,000 people."
The skipping of insulin treatments is compared to bulimia because it purges sugar from the body through the kidneys, which is much like what happens in bulimia, through binging, purging and vomiting.
(CD)
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