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Type 1 Can, actually, a yeast infection cause Diabetes?

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Endy07

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I allways had this thought in my mind, can yeast infection cause diabetes(not just the other way around)?
And if are there any studies that were done on this subject?

I am saying this because with few months(6-8) before I was diagnosed with T1 diabetes I started a battle with my toenail that started to ingrow into my flash. I did not go to a doctor, I tryed to cut it off myself and had few months of bloody struggle till It finally was out, but my nail turned yellowish in the meantime, the yeast could have had a good moment to get into my bloodstream.

I was diagnosed at 24 years old with no family history with diabetes.
 
Endy07 said:
I allways had this thought in my mind, can yeast infection cause diabetes(not just the other way around)?
And if are there any studies that were done on this subject?

I am saying this because with few months(6-8) before I was diagnosed with T1 diabetes I started a battle with my toenail that started to ingrow into my flash. I did not go to a doctor, I tryed to cut it off myself and had few months of bloody struggle till It finally was out, but my nail turned yellowish in the meantime, the yeast could have had a good moment to get into my bloodstream.

I was diagnosed at 24 years old with no family history with diabetes.
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Much more likely that it took a while for you to be diagnosed, and in that period you ran high blood glucose levels that caused the fungal infection. Even as a 13 year old, it took nearly a year for me to be diagnosed, and as an adult, it can take longer.
 
Endy07 said:
I allways had this thought in my mind, can yeast infection cause diabetes(not just the other way around)?
And if are there any studies that were done on this subject?

I am saying this because with few months(6-8) before I was diagnosed with T1 diabetes I started a battle with my toenail that started to ingrow into my flash. I did not go to a doctor, I tryed to cut it off myself and had few months of bloody struggle till It finally was out, but my nail turned yellowish in the meantime, the yeast could have had a good moment to get into my bloodstream.

I was diagnosed at 24 years old with no family history with diabetes.
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Infect would have been caused by high blood sugars prior to diagnosis. I had fungal skin infections which I had never had before. Looking back, it's obvious. Not something I knew about at the time and never occurred to doctor that there was a problem either.
 
When we have untreated high BG, our body tries to get rid of the excess blood by any means possible.
This is why we pee a lot ... and the sugary pee has a different ph to normal which is what could lead to thrush.
Sugar also comes out through saliva ... so some people are diagnosed by their dentist as the extra sugar causes tooth decay.
Sugar comes out through your tear ducts ... and sugary tears have a different focal length to salty tears which is why our eyesight may be affected
I guess the sugar may also come out through infections such as your toenail battles ... which makes it harder for your body to heal.

So, I'm with the other responses - yeast infection is unlikely to cause diabetes but the yeast infection may have been an early symptom of your diabetes.
 
Thanks for the responses. I know that high BS causes yeast infections. I was not asking which is more likely or not.

I was asking if you know any study(be it experience) which would say that yeast/fungi would actually cause diabetes.

Even a non diabetic can have fungi on the toenail. But as the fungi needs sugary environment to prosper, if it gets into the blood it might seak a way and trick the body to make that environment happen.

I'm trying here to think outside of the box.
Please say if there is something to disprove this as a possibility or if there were any studies about it.

Thank you.
 
It took a year and a half before I was told I had type 1, I had the fungal infection which went on for a long while, but you don’t associated that with diabetes until you are diagnosed.
 
@Endy07 while there are no studies looking at whether fungus causes T1D, I think that you can probably arrive at the conclusion that they don't.

Many people have various fungal infections, of which very few are shown to be T1. Not all those with T1 present with fungal infections.

In addition, there are a number of pieces of research identifying the changes in the immune system that cause T1, and so far, no-one has any idea exactly what is the trigger.

But equally, if a fungal infection makes it into the bloodstream, the person infected usually ends up in hospital for a long period of time, so I think it's fair to say that it is unlikely to be the cause of T1D.

Of course, you can choose to think what you want, but the empirical data suggests that people with undiagnosed Diabetes end up with fungal infections rather than the other way around.
 
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