ATLANTA, GA—Easter—a springtime celebration accompanied by church services, egg hunting, and feasting—came and went this year without incident, or so many families thought. Healthcare providers across the nation report that in the aftermath of Easter 2019, most of the children in the United States have been diagnosed with or likely now live with undiagnosed type 2 diabetes.
Children’s hospitals and other medical services saw a sharp uptake in diabetes-related healthcare visits this week, even when such symptoms and diagnoses were theretofore unseen. Many doctors report that these children had no prior family and medical histories of diabetes, even at visits as recent as the week before Easter. Dr. Niquita Asam of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) spoke with authorities about the healthcare epidemic.
“This is alarming," Asam explained. "The United States has an estimated 74 million children, defined as anyone younger than 18 years of age. Of those estimated 74 million children, it is believed that as many as 67.3 million (about 90.9% of the population) now have type 2 diabetes. This is a medical catastrophe for the country.” Asam explained that many children, especially of elementary school age, felt sluggish starting around Easter. Some had gained an inordinate amount of weight in a brief period of time and their pancreatic function had all but ceased. Additional symptoms reported include increased thirst and urination, fatigue, blurred, vision, and numbness or tingling of the digits. Also, many healthcare professionals report that many children seemed to have dirty clothes smudged with a sweet, brown substance that melted in the hand; in some cases, patients displayed colorful, jelly-like secretions on their clothing, thought to be caused by excess sugar in their sweat and skin tissues.
“Simply put,” Asam continued, “these kids’ pancreases began to shutdown all of a sudden. Healthy eating and regular exercise are recommended but they need immediate access to appropriate medications or insulin therapy. We still have no confirmed theories as to the cause of the current pandemic; some speculate that the so-called full ‘pink moon’ on Friday may have triggered the condition as some type of curse from Native Americans, though many of their population seem affected as well. We may never know.”