Diabetes more aggressive if diagnosed before age of seven

Children who are diagnosed with diabetes before the age of seven develop a more aggressive form of the disease than that seen in teenagers, research suggests.

The study provides the first clear evidence of the impact that being diagnosed with type-1 diabetes has on children before they reach primary school age.

A condition known as insulitis, representing an inflammatory process, kills off nearly all the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas of the young children.