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Genetics and Heredity

My husband has type 1 diabetes and autoimmune hypothyroidism (probably Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type II). I would like to have information about children’s risk of inheriting diabetes or another autoimmune disease.

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My 15 year old niece was just diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and her grandfather has type 2 diabetes, could they be linked?

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Both my husband and I have type 1 diabetes. What is the chance that our son will inherit diabetes?

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I have been breast feeding my four month old daughter, but she had to have formula when she had jaundice. Will the introduction of cow’s milk spoil the benefits of breast feeding? My husband, his mother and grandmother have type 1 diabetes.

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Can people with diabetes have children?

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Can the newborn baby of a hyperglycemic mother have hypoglycemia? What are the consequences for that baby?

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My girlfriend has type 1. What are the chances our children would have it, too? Is genetic mapping helpful for determining the chances that babies will have diabetes or not?

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My grandmother and father have diabetes. Also the father of my to be wife has diabetes. Does this family history of diabetes in my family and my to-be wife’s family can mean a higher risk of diabetes in our children?

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Both my parents have been recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. They are both overweight and take little, if any, exercise. What are the chances of my developing the disease? Is there anything that I can do to help prevent the onset of the disease?

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During a checkup at school, they found a black velvety ring on the back of my 10 year daughter’s neck, and they think she may be type 2 diabetes, but no one in family has it. Does someone in your family have to have type 2 diabetes in order for your child to get it? Are there any reasons out there for someone could get it?

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