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Is there a link between diabetes and physical trauma?

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rodney b

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Hi, I wonder if anyone can help? I have recently been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I am 37 and otherwise very fit and healthy. I have always had an active lifestyle and have eaten a good diet, never been overweight. I have recently read an article on why skinny people get diabetes, and two subjects caught my eye:

1. type 1.5 diabetes is more common in lean diabetic people and can be misdiagnosed as type 2, is this true and how can I find out if I am type 1.5? I have been on medication now for three weeks and my sugar levels are still between 14 and 32, so I am wondering if I am getting the wrong treatment?

2. Four years ago I had a nasty accident which caused great trauma to my right hand. Not long after that I started getting ichy genetals which I now understand can be a symptom of diabetes. I went to the doctors on and off over the years about these symptoms and was given various creams with little success. Recently I was given a cream which sorted the problem, but then I started developing the classic symptoms of diabetes ( thurst and excessive use of the toilet), which prompted me to get tested. My question is, do you think I could have had diabetes all this time? and is there a strong link between developing diabetes and the trauma to my hand. Any opinions or links to useful articles would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
 
1) There are various tests possible (GAD, c-pep and more arcane ones). You will have to see your doctor about this
2) I think it's plausible enough that you might have had borderline, undiagnosed diabetes when you suffered the injury which led to an increase in BG and diabetes symptoms.
Edit to add: otherwise, t2 is (probably) largely genetic and t1 is autoimmune, but cases of t1 induced by trauma are not unprecedented (trauma to the pancreas, that is)
 
I had a serious motorbike accident a few years ago, I can't remember who said it so I can't be authoratitive in my answer but someone did say the trauma could of bought on diabetes. As I say I can't say with any authority that it is the case but somewhere along the line I've met somebody who has that belief.
 
I have heard it said that both physical & emotional trauma can lead to diabetes but so far nothing has been proven.
 
In November 2011 I severely burnt my left hand, exactly a year later I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. There is no history at all of diabetes in my family and I have been told this could be related to my accident.. Any further information would be a great help thank you x
 
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