Screening for complications and associated conditions in children and young people with type 1 diabetes
Children and young people with type 1 diabetes should be offered screening for:
- coeliac disease at diagnosis and at least every 3 years thereafter until transfer to adult services
- thyroid disease at diagnosis and annually thereafter until transfer to adult services
- approximately 10% of patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus develop chronic thyroiditis in their lifetime, which may lead to hypothyroidism (2)
- retinopathy annually from the age of 12 years
- microalbuminuria annually from the age of 12 years
- blood pressure annually from the age of 12 years
Reference:
- NICE (July 2004). Type 1 diabetes: diagnosis and management of type 1 diabetes in children, young people and adults
- Siskind SM et al. Investigating hypothyroidism.BMJ 2021;373:n993http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n993
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