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Rasisi123

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Hi
I went to my gp yesterday and explained my symptoms and he told me that i have a high risk of developing type 1 following a blood test I had done a year ago?
What can I do about it now and is there any way I can prevent it??
I would appreciate any replies❤❤
 
What test did you have a year ago? And what was the result?
 
Hello @Rasisi123 - What were your symptoms ?

Also are you already using a blood glucose meter ?
 
My symptoms were that I was feeling thirsty alot more
Was always tiered,always going to the toilet and my stomach hurt

I got a general blood test for a fasting blood sugar and my gp said it was on the border of being diabetic.
 
Rasisi123 said:
Hi
I went to my gp yesterday and explained my symptoms and he told me that i have a high risk of developing type 1 following a blood test I had done a year ago?
What can I do about it now and is there any way I can prevent it??
I would appreciate any replies❤❤
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It is completely incorrect to say a higher than ideal fasting blood sugar indicates a high risk of developing type 1. There might be a risk of developing diabetes, but it's not indicative of what type of diabetes.

For type 1, there is no pre diabetes. You are either type 1 diabetic, or you're not. You don't develop it over an extended period, like your test from 12 months ago, and there's nothing you can do to prevent it. It isn't a lifestyle disease, it's an autoimmune disease where the immune system kills off the insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas. Currently we don't know why this kill off happens and we don't know anyway to stop it. For some people with type 1 the kill off is a longer process and they maintain some residual insulin production for an extended period and they may say they are LADA or type 1.5, but clinically if they have autoimmune type 1 diabetes they will still be type 1 diabetics, just with a long/strong honeymoon.

There is pre diabetes for type 2 diabetes. That is when you have higher that ideal blood sugars and are warned you are at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes. There are lifestyle things you can do to attempt to reduce your risk of developing type 2 diabetes: reduce your stress levels, ensure your are getting regular adequate sleep, increase exercise, reduce weight/your waist circumference.

If you have been told you are at high risk of developing type 1 diabetes without antibody tests that confirm you are GAD positive and without a blood sugar reading that confirms a diabetes diagnosis then either you, or your GP, are confused.
 
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