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Research: Causes and Prevention

Should I avoid giving my three and one-half year old daughter chocolate milk, puddings, etc., as I was told by some people that this will bring out the gene producing diabetes? Is it true that feeding her too much sugar will bring the diabetes out, maybe not now, but possibly later on in life, and that if she is not given this sugar and chocolate, it may lay dormant for her entire life?

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My seven year old son is taking Risperdal, and recently, my nephew was taken off Zyprexa after this drug apparently brought about the onset of type 1 diabetes. Is there any evidence that Risperdal can bring about the onset of type 1 diabetes?

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My 10 year old relative has type 1 diabetes, and we don’t think she experienced a honeymoon. Does the fact that she had no honeymoon period make her diabetes worse? Could we have done something five years ago to avoid the onset of diabetes?

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I am a reception teacher and have a child in my class who has been taken into hospital with suspected diabetes and I am concerned because I have been providing him with a snack of biscuits everyday previous to finding out. Do you think that this could have caused the diabetes?

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I have just gone on the contraceptive pill without telling my parents, and I have had a history of random low sugar level but haven’t been diagnosed with hypoglycemia. Since I’ve been on the pill, I have been needing to go to the bathroom and drinking a lot more. Can contraceptive pills bring on diabetes?

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Are there chemicals used in everyday life (cleaning products mouse/rat poison, etc.) that can cause diabetes?

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Is there any known link between the use of steroids and the onset of type 1 diabetes? How about for type 2?

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Are there clinical trial options geared toward prolonging the onset of type 1 in a child who has an elevated GADA?

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Would it be beneficial to give my younger son Omega 3 supplements to help reduce the risk of developing type 1? My older son has had type 1 for two years.

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Two years after he started having slightly elevated blood sugars, my son was diagnosed with type 1. Do many experience such a delayed onset? Should I have my other sons tested for antibodies?

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