DEGENERATIVE CHANGES IN YOUNG DIABETIC PATIENTS IN RELATIONSHIP TO LEVEL OF CONTROL

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Abstract
The level of control, as well as the duration of the disease is an important factor influencing degenerative changes and good control will delay and possibly prevent degenerative changes. Our present knowledge makes it not only possible but practicable to maintain a high level of control of diabetes in children living in a well adjusted home. Until more knowledge concerning the treatment of childhood diabetes is available, a high level of control appears to offer the best means of averting or delaying chronic degenerative changes. Additional knowledge is needed to understand the pathologic physiology of various levels of noncontrol. An optimistic rather than a pessimistic outlook is warranted.