Many kinds of drugs can cause problems with the body’s insulin. The most common are steroids or anti-rejection medicines used by transplant patients.
If it is not treated, the high blood sugars can cause other problems, like weight loss, infections, weakness and dehydration. It can delay healing or affect your child’s treatment.
DCID may go away when your child is done with treatment.
How is it treated?
Your child will see a diabetes doctor called an endocrinologist to help make a plan to manage the high blood sugars.
This could be changes to their diet but may also include insulin shots.
You will learn how to check your child’s blood sugar. You may need to learn how and when to give them insulin.
The diabetes team will keep seeing your child as long as their blood sugars remain high.
