Type 1 diabetes-progress and prospects

摘要

In England and Wales, only about 17% of more than 25 000 children and people younger than 25 years with type 1 and type 2 diabetes have controlled disease (glycated haemoglobin [HbA_(1c)] <7-5%), as discussed in a report by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health released on Dec 10, 2013. The report thus concludes that the proportion of patients receiving diabetes care remains low.Type 1 diabetes is now one of the most common chronic diseases among children, as emphasised in a Seminar in today's Lancet. Mark Atkinson and colleagues discuss the epidemiology, pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of type 1 diabetes and highlight prospects for patients with the condition.