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Did any of you type 1s have a virus before you got diabetes?
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<blockquote data-quote="ArsenalCath" data-source="post: 2341794" data-attributes="member: 82242"><p>Yes. I had a virus about four years ago. It left me with exactly the same after effects as the Covid virus, chronic fatigue being the worst. I was sent for a glucose tolerance test and following that I was initially diagnosed with type 2. About a year or so after I began losing weight rapidly. At the time I thought it was great but then I had a stroke. All the symptoms I had input down to the stroke, like the dreadful balance and the fact that all food tasted disgusting, my mouth would be so bone dry I couldn’t even moisten my lips. Then a new doctor joined the practice and he didn’t think the symptoms had anything to do with my stroke. He sent me to a diabetes endocrinologist and a week later I was diagnosed with type 1. There is no type 1 in the family and I did some research and I am convinced it started when I had a virus. Then this year, with Covid, there have been a number of people that have developed type 1 following having Covid. So my advice to everyone is if you have prolonged symptoms following ANY virus get checked out and if your glucose levels are high ask to be tested for type 1.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ArsenalCath, post: 2341794, member: 82242"] Yes. I had a virus about four years ago. It left me with exactly the same after effects as the Covid virus, chronic fatigue being the worst. I was sent for a glucose tolerance test and following that I was initially diagnosed with type 2. About a year or so after I began losing weight rapidly. At the time I thought it was great but then I had a stroke. All the symptoms I had input down to the stroke, like the dreadful balance and the fact that all food tasted disgusting, my mouth would be so bone dry I couldn’t even moisten my lips. Then a new doctor joined the practice and he didn’t think the symptoms had anything to do with my stroke. He sent me to a diabetes endocrinologist and a week later I was diagnosed with type 1. There is no type 1 in the family and I did some research and I am convinced it started when I had a virus. Then this year, with Covid, there have been a number of people that have developed type 1 following having Covid. So my advice to everyone is if you have prolonged symptoms following ANY virus get checked out and if your glucose levels are high ask to be tested for type 1. [/QUOTE]
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