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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jen&amp;Khaleb" data-source="post: 98465" data-attributes="member: 13077">My son has Down syndrome, his chromosome 21 is in triplicate.  He had a 1 in 50 chance of getting diabetes because of this problem.  He is at risk of a very large list of other things as well.  I think his diabetes is purely because of his genetic condition.  Khaleb tested positive for auto-immune disease from blood tests in his first weeks of life.  I was warned repeatedly about the possiblity of leukaemia, also common amongst children with Down syndrome.  Khaleb was 8 months old when admitted to hospital DKA.Because Khaleb tested positive to auto-immune disease as an infant I do not think any environmental factors would of changed the outcome.Jen</blockquote>

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