Diabetic patients face several stressful factors on a daily basis. The disease itself, as well as the life-long procedure of insulin intake are chronic stress factors for the patients and for their families. While the disease itself causes stress, stress prevents successful control of glucose levels in diabetic patients.
Hypertension in children has significantly increased over the last two decades.
Childhood obesity is a chronic pathogenic condition.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is among the most common behavioral disorders in school-aged children.
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disease and one of the most frequent diseases affecting 9.6% of children.
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