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Did any of you type 1s have a virus before you got diabetes?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kansenji" data-source="post: 329245" data-attributes="member: 9050"><p><strong>Re: Did any of you type 1s have a virus before you got diabe</strong></p><p></p><p>I was hospitalised with Pericarditis (Inflammation of the outer layer of the heart, usually caused by a virus) in 2006. I had my blood glucose readings taken several times per day & I was told that Pericarditis "often triggers diabetes". Lo & behold, further tests proved that I was indeed diabetic, but <strong>TYPE 2!</strong>. :lolno: </p><p></p><p>So it seems that one or more viruses probably <em>can</em> trigger diabetes. The hospital never did discover exactly <em>what</em> virus was the culprit in my case.</p><p></p><p>Three years later I was diagnosed with Addison's Disease too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kansenji, post: 329245, member: 9050"] [b]Re: Did any of you type 1s have a virus before you got diabe[/b] I was hospitalised with Pericarditis (Inflammation of the outer layer of the heart, usually caused by a virus) in 2006. I had my blood glucose readings taken several times per day & I was told that Pericarditis "often triggers diabetes". Lo & behold, further tests proved that I was indeed diabetic, but [b]TYPE 2![/b]. :lolno: So it seems that one or more viruses probably [i]can[/i] trigger diabetes. The hospital never did discover exactly [i]what[/i] virus was the culprit in my case. Three years later I was diagnosed with Addison's Disease too. [/QUOTE]
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