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juanitaH

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Hello! I'm a high school student in South Africa. I have to do a project on diabetes, where I'm required to 'interview' at least 40 diabetics to gather enough information to present graphically. It would be a huge help if you could please fill out this questionnaire for me, or fill it on behalf of anyone else you know with diabetes! I don't need any super personal information such as your name or where you live. If you have any questions or think I can/should improve my questions, please let me know Thanks!

Questionnaire
Gender:
Age:
Race:
Type:
Your age when you got it:
Cause:

EDIT: Thank you for all your help, everyone! I have enough info for my project now, so no further answers are necessary. I'd like to thank everyone for helping me out!
 
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Hi Juanita

my replies

male
58
caucasian
type 1
14
believed to be following a very bad infection

good luck with the project !!
 
Hi @juanitaH

Is your project looking for anything in particular or does it have a particular purpose?

You may want to change your question about Cause. Type 1, for example, is an auto immune disease and its cause is unknown.
 
azure said:
Hi @juanitaH

Is your project looking for anything in particular or does it have a particular purpose?

You may want to change your question about Cause. Type 1, for example, is an auto immune disease and its cause is unknown.
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Hey @azure It's just sort of a general project on diabates, as in what it is, functions of the pancreas, biotechnology etc. I need to set up the information in my questionnaire in a graph and discuss my results. It's not very specific.
And do you think there's a better way to word that? Otherwise I think "auto immune disease" is alright as an answer on its own.
 
Hi @juanitaH

Gender: Male
Age: 41
Race: Caucasian
Type: Type 1
Your age when you got it: 11
Cause: As @azure says, I don't know, but suspect it was triggered by an infection some 8 months before diagnosis.

Good luck with your project
 
@juanitaH

Gender: female
Age: 68
Race: Caucasian
Type: Type 2
My age when diagnosed: 66
Cause: insulin resistance (probably)

Good luck with the project!
 
Gender: Male
Age: 46
Race: Caucasian
Type: 1
Your age when you got it: 27
Cause: unknown
 

It's up to you, of course, but I'd either amend it to ask Auto immune or not or something, or remove it altogether.

The answers you'll get may be too unspecific. It depends on your needs.

Good luck with your project and do look around the site to get general info
 
Hi juanitaH my answers are 1.Male 2.67 3.Caucasian 4.13 5.Believed to be after a infection. Good luck with your project.
 
Or maybe just add "cause" (if relevant)

Gender - Female
Age - 52
Race - Caucasian
Age when I got it - 46/7
Cause - Possibly due to obesity
 
Questionnaire
Gender: F
Age: 49
Race: Caucasian
Type: 2
Your age when you got it: 45
Cause: reactive hypoglycaemia, prolactinoma, polycystic ovary syndrome, medication, obesity. Could be any, or all of them. They are all interlinked.
 
Questionnaire
Gender: F
Age: 54
Race: Caucasian
Type: 1
Your age when you got it: 5
Cause: genetic tendency (sister was also diagnosed but at 33yo), possibly triggered by series of infections and treatment (antibiotics and adenoidectomy operation)




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Questionnaire
Gender: Male
Age: 47
Race: Caucasian
Type: 1
Your age when you got it: 10
Cause: Not known
 
Hi @juanitaH , and all the best with the project.

Gender: Female
Age: 41 years
Race: Caucasian
Type: Type 1
Your age when you got it: 11 years
Cause: Possibly triggered by adenoid removal surgery when I was 10. Not categorical, though.
 
Gender: female
Age:49
Race: Caucasian
Type: 3c
Your age when you got it:46
Cause:infection
 
Female 59. White British. Type 2. Probably caused by insufficient Thyroxine causing a shortage of insulin being produced and causing my pancreas to fail. Diagnosed March 2016. A newbie! Good luck with your project, if you need any support let us know! I am an English teacher!


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Questionnaire
Gender: female
Age: 58
Race: Caucasian
Type: 2
Your age when you got it: 54
Cause: obesity, depression, insulin resistance, damaged thyroid gland due to car accident, adrenal fatigue, diagnosed after having had pneumonia
 
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Hi Juanita,

Gender female

Age 56

Race Caucasian

Type 2

Age when diagnosed 56 ( December 2015)

Cause unknown - I am not excessively over weight and followed a fairly healthy diet . Could be linked to stress / depression.

Good luck with your project, would be interesting to see your results if you can post them on here.



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Gender: Female
Age: 51 years
Race: Caucasian
Type: Type 2
Your age when you got it: Diagnosed at 50, possibly had it for at least 2 years prior to this. Definitely 6 months.
Cause: Probably a combination of genetic disposition and weight.
 
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