Indian infant suffering from chronic diabetes needs kidney transplant

An infant has been struggling with deadly diabetes and two malfunctioning kidneys, leaving his parents worried and penniless for his further treatment.

Mohammed bin Abdul Rashid is just one-and-a-half-years old and has been fighting with type four diabetes, a rare form of diabetes found in children. He has been suffering from diabetes ever since he was born in Dubai and is currently admitted to the Al Qasmia Hospital Sharjah.

“He has been suffering from chronic kidney problem from his birth. Both his kidneys have been not functioning properly and we have treated him in different hospitals in the UAE and back home in India,” said his father, Abdul Rashid, an Indian expatriate from Karunagappally, who works as a satellite TV technician in Sharjah.

Rashid was earlier treated at the Dubai Hospital and at the Kottayam Medical College, and the Medical Trust Hospital Ernakulam.

“Wife has been regularly doing his treatment till his diabetes reached type 4 level. Doctors advised us that his condition will turn more critical after the diabetes progresses further to the next level, diabetes five,” the father said.

Abdul Rasheed’s mother Ayisha has been equally worried about the deadly disease that is haunting the little boy and his family who live in the Yarmuk area of Sharjah. Getting a donor for the young boy is the next daunting task facing the parents.

“I work as a satellite TV technician and my salary is not enough to meet family expenses plus the expensive treatment for my son. We have appealed to the Indian community associations and other charity bodies for help,” he said.

Throughout the world incidence of diabetes is on the rise among adults and children. However, most diabetic cases among children are of the type one kind.

Children with diabetes often feel thirsty, urinate often, feel tired and lose weight. Parents have to be constantly vigilant about the sugar level of the child and initially insulin treatment, with an attached insulin pump, is needed.

They often need small doses of insulin injection and doctors advise a kidney transplant in case of chronic infant diabetic patients, because regular intake of insulin can adversely affect their schooling and day-to-day life. A kidney donor needs to be found, matching the organ size of the baby.

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