Centro pediátrico
En TDI tenemos una honda preocupación por los niños y adolescentes diabéticos. Aunque sólo 5 a 10% padecen esta enfermedad, creemos que educar incluso a quienes no son diabéticos puede ayudar a controlarla. En Texas, más de 12,000 jóvenes menores de 20 años tienen diabetes.
El Centro pediátrico, inaugurado en el año 2000, atiende a niños que padecen diabetes y trastornos relacionados con ella. Bajo la dirección del Dr. Daniel Hale, Director Médico, El Centro incorpora un enfoque familiar para la atención de la diabetes. Una vez que el pediatra, la enfermera escolar o el hospital recomienda que al niño se le haga una valoración de diabetes, la clínica evalúa en qué etapa de la enfermedad está el niño. Nuestra clínica trabaja con niños con diabetes Tipo 1 y Tipo 2 y prediabéticos cuyas edades van desde el nacimiento hasta los 18 años.
Nuestros médicos y enfermeras colaboran con la familia para brindar el tratamiento necesario y atender las necesidades nutricionales del niño. Desde su apertura, el Centro pediátrico se ha expandido de un día a la semana a cuatro, y atiende a más de 60 niños por semana.
Es necesario que los adolescentes entiendan a temprana edad la importancia de identificar los signos de la diabetes. Si usted lleva una vida sana, se alimenta bien y hace mucho ejercicio, puede prevenir la diabetes.
Signos de alerta
Diabetes Tipo 1:
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Sed excesiva
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Exceso de orina
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Pérdida de peso
Otras signos o síntomas que pueden presentarse son:
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Infecciones de levaduras
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Sed extrema
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Deshidratación (a pesar de un buen consumo de líquidos)
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Vómitos
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Letargo
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Confusión
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Enuresis (orinarse en la cama)
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Síntomas parecidos a los de la influenza
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Aliento con olor a frutas
Programas de investigación
En un esfuerzo por comprender mejor de qué manera podemos ayudar a los niños, el Centro realiza de tres a cinco investigaciones al año sobre las hormonas del crecimiento y fármacos insulínicos. Si desea más información, visite nuestra página de Investigaciones actuales.
Directores médicos de TDI
Nuestro equipo está dirigido por:
Daniel E. Hale, MD
is a Professor of Pediatrics, Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes and Principal Investigator for the South Texas Center for the National Children’s Study. He is the Medical Director of the Chromosome 18 Research Center and for the CHART Center at Christus Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital. He completed his undergraduate degree in Biochemistry at Texas A&M University, his medical degree at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston, his Pediatric Residency at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, and his specialty training in Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters concerning diabetes, fatty acid metabolism, chromosomal defects, and many other endocrine topics. He has served on the Texas Pediatric Diabetes Research Committee and the Texas Obesity Task Force. He is a member of the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society and the Society for Pediatric Research, and has held positions in numerous other societies. He and his group participate in a wide range of pediatric endocrine and diabetes research, currently holding multiple grants and contracts from the NIH, foundations and pharmaceutical companies.
Rolando A. Lozano, MD
serves as a Pediatric Endocrinologist of the Children's Center at the Texas Diabetes Institute and she serves as an Assistant Professor/Clinical in the Department of Pediatrics at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. He received his medical degree from the University of El Salvador.
Jane L. Lynch, MD
serves as a Medical Director of the Children's Center at the Texas Diabetes Institute and she serves as an Assistant Professor/Clinical in the Department of Pediatrics at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. She received a Bachelor's of Science in Microbiology from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana . She also received her medical degree from Wright State University School of Medicine in Dayton, OH.
Carla R. Scott, MD
serves as a Pediatric Endocrinologist of the Children's Center at the Texas Diabetes Institute and she serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University Health Science Center at San Antonio. She received a Bachelor's of Science from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR. She also received a Medical Degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Medicine in Little Rock, AR.
Mike Rogers, MD
serves as a Pediatric Endocrinologist of the Children's center at the Texas Diabetes Institute, and he serves as an Assistant Professor in the division of Pediatric Endocrinology at the University Health Science Center at San Antonio. He received his Bachelor's Degree from the University of John's Hopkins in Baltimore, MD and received his Medical Degree from the University of Maryland. Dr. Rogers completed his residency at the University of Maryland and completed his Fellowship in pediatric endocrinology at the Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
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