When a baby has diabetes

A simple genetic test could mean the difference between unnecessarily being on insulin injections, or taking tablets to enable one’s body to utilise its own insulin, in neonatal diabetes. — 123rf

When people hear the word “diabetes”, they usually think of adults, or perhaps children with type 1 diabetes or teenagers with type 2 diabetes.

Very few imagine that a tiny baby in their first months of life being diagnosed with dangerously high blood sugar.