Very young children are now getting diabetes, and it is increasingly common in Malaysia


A small finger prick is all it takes to test your child’s blood sugar level. — AFP

Ruby is a five-year-old girl who has been passing urine frequently, feeling thirsty and feeling more tired than usual for the past one week.

Her parents took her to see a doctor, who performed a simple finger prick for blood; it showed Ruby’s sugar level was abnormally high.

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