I personally go back and forth with this . I have nobody in my family who are diabetics other than type 2 . I was a very active , healthy kid when I was young, I would just like peoples open opinions on how they feel on why/how they got diabetes.
When they decided I was type 1 rather than type 2 I was given the JDRF Straight to the point A guide to living with type 1 diabetes ... one of the facts (page 21) 90 percent of people diagnosed with type 1 diabetes have no family history of the conditionDo you get asked if there is family history of diabetes at medicals for the armed forces?
An immunologist pointed out to me that the progressive survival of Type 1's (in the last 100 years) has ironically benefitted the human race. The fact that an over-powerful immune system passes more and more through the generations, the more human beings will cope with new diseases. It does however mean that Type 1 also increases!I'm not type 1 so forgive the transgression of sticking my nose in, but this reminds me of something I was pondering a while ago. My personal belief is that there are almost certainly unidentified dietary and/or environmental factors that aggravate a genetic predisposition. If it's true that incidences of T1 are on the rise, then it doesn't make sense that it could be only genetic. Since T1 can kill at any age, evolutionary pressure, if anything, should gradually breed it out, but it seems this is not happening.
It's on the increase JDRF facts and figures.If it's true that incidences of T1 are on the rise, then it doesn't make sense that it could be only genetic.
An immunologist pointed out to me that the progressive survival of Type 1's (in the last 100 years) has ironically benefitted the human race. The fact that an over-powerful immune system passes more and more through the generations, the more human beings will cope with new diseases. It does however mean that Type 1 also increases!