Type 2 diabetes genetics uk
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Although there's no cure for type 2 diabetes, studies show it's possible for some people to reverse it. Through diet changes and weight loss, you may be able to reach and hold normal blood sugar levels without medication.
This doesn't mean you're completely cured. Type 2 diabetes is an ongoing disease.
I remember hearing that years ago. I have heard every single example of genetics with diabetes of both types from the skipped generation to "nobody in my family" to parents, to siblings, etc. I think genetics and diabetes is complex. I absolutely would not be confident that the children won't get diabetes. Type 2 diabetes which previously affected only middle aged people has become much more common in overweight youth.
Some people are able to control Type 2 diabetes with losing and maintaining healthy weight, lowering carb intake and regular exercise. Some are not, and need medication. It is impossible to answer your question because every diabetic is different and it would depend on how high your numbers were to begin with and what you ate and did. Serious consequences (complications) from diabetes don't occur in 24 hours, they occur over time spent at high numbers.
In general, if your wife has type 2 diabetes, the risk of your child getting diabetes is 1 in 7 if she were diagnosed before age 50.
People with certain rare types of type 2 diabetes have different risks. If she has the rare form called maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY), your child has almost a 1-in-2 chance of getting it, too.
There is a FREE online book by Dr. Laura Dean called "The Genetic Landscape of Diabetes".
type 1 and type 2 are NOT related. I am not a doctor, but I know enough to say that a 5-year-old who is not overweight is more-than-extremely-unlikely to have type 2. And the amount of sugar he eats will not cause diabetes. Type 1 results from a combination of genetics and getting some sort of virus that triggers the body's antibodies to attack the pancreas. Diet and body weight have no impact on whether this happens or not, as least as far as modern medicine knows.
ve done studies with identical twins in which one has diabetes and the other does not. If your twin has type 2 diabetes though which would indicate you have a genetic predisposition, the chance of developing it yourself is 3 in 4 times. Here's some information on genes and diabetes. http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/genetics-of-diabetes.html.
Please always get regular physicals and check with your doctor for more information.
Another article that I read about genetics and type 1 diabetes stated that in cases of identical twins who carry of course identical genes, if one twin becomes a type 1 diabetic, only 50 percent of the second twins become type 1 diabetics. This is because there must be a trigger virus to happen to the person to start the immune system on its attack on the pancreas. So genetics aren't the only factor involved in becoming a type 1 diabetic.
I know I am insulin dependent because I cannot take my pump off except for the rare few minutes or so without my sugar sky rocketing. Now would u still call this Type 2 Diabetes or Type 1? Hearing the words Juvenile Diabetes associated with Type 1 throws me off obviously because I was not diagnosed as a juvenile. But also the words Insulin Dependent are associated with the Type 1. So I DO fit into that category.
Depends on type. If he was just diagnosed, I'm guessing it's type 2. So she won't be born with it but she might be at a higher risk for it later in life. As far as your aunts and uncle, that's probably nothing to be concerned about. But I'd find out the types they are and talk to your doctor.
I had type 2 diabetes before I got pregnant. I'm 8 weeks and I inject insulin twice a day. They said if I don't control my levels my baby will be too overweight . any suggestions besides eating right and exercising? Is anyone else experiencing this?
CLBear,
You might enjoy a diabetes discussion board that's got topics for Type 2s and Type 1s and for the stuff we share.
I highly recommend this site:
http://chat.joslin.harvard.edu:8080/~diabetes
You don't need to register to read the information there, but you may need to register to post (it's free, tho'). Folks who post can choose to be anonymous.
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