Diabetic neuropathy in children and adolescents: Unsolved problems and new opportunities

Abstract

The paper analyzes current clinical practice and researches dealing with diabetic neuropathy in children and adolescents. It shows the problems associated with the diagnosis of different types of diabetic neuropathy. The prevalence of its peripheral and cardiovascular types is characterized on the basis of the author’s investigations. Diagnostic criteria for its gastrointestinal type are proposed according to 24-hour pH-metry readings. Prospects for further investigations dealing with determination of diagnostic criteria, elaboration of unified approaches to interpreting the results of an investigation, and specification of indications and drugs for treatment are identified.

Keywords

• дети
• подростки
• сахарный диабет
• нейропатия
• диагностика
• лечение