Now it is turning up frequently in obese 10 year olds. The problem is giving enough concern that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention convened a meeting about it in November, and doctors across the country are reporting this trend. Many have close relatives with diabetes, and almost all are obese. Type 2 diabetes happens when the body s tissues become refractory to insulin produced by the pancreas. In the early stages, it can be treated with diet and exercise, but in the later stages, medication may be necessary.
Children now show adult-onset diabetes.
Acne Drug Causes Hepatitis Minocycline, a synthetically modified tetracycline, is now the most widely prescribed systemic antibiotic used to treat acne. Presenting clinical features included fever, rash, fatigue, mid-epigastric pain, nausea, jaundice, diarrhea, anorexia, and weight loss. One patient presented with acute, severe hepatitis after taking minocycline for one year. In the other three, the duration of treatment before hepatitis was diagnosed ranged from 12 to 18 months. All patients met the 1993 International Autoimmune Hepatitis Group criteria for the diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis.