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Research: Causes and Prevention

I’ve asked my doctor as well as the diabetes educator if they know of or had heard about any patients taking Accutane developing diabetes, and of course they said no, but I was wondering if you have heard or know of any persons developing diabetes during Accutane treatment. Where can I find additional information/findings on this problem?

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Could you explain the link between the ingestion of dairy product and type 1 diabetes? My son complains about stomach aches after consuming milk-based products. Is this common?

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After receiving a series of steroid injections, my husband had to be hospitalized for a high blood sugar. I have been told that once he stopped taking them and they left his system that the diabetes would go away, but his has not and has only gotten worse over the months. Could the steroids have caused him to have diabetes that would stay active for the rest of his life?

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My four year old son, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes two months ago, had Kawasaki disease two years prior to diabetes and he had chicken pox two weeks prior to that. Is it possible either of these illnesses led to the other and possibly could be the cause of his diabetes?

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I was diagnosed first with type 2, then type 1. I believe it was caused by the Accutane I took about 18 months earlier. Has there been any research done on this?

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Is it possible that diabetes is a hormonal imbalance? Is it possible for a type 1 diabetic to become pregnant and the body to starts to regulate itself again?

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If it is known that the Coxsackie virus has been associated with the development of pancreatic beta cell destruction, why is there no vaccine or other method to stop the destruction?

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My teen daughter was diagnosed with type 1 a few months after receiving four vaccinations. Is there a relationship between the vaccinations and type 1?

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I read on the ADA web site that the risk of diabetes increases for a woman with type 1 if she gives birth before the age of 25. Should my daughter wait until she’s over 25 to have babies?

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Because my husband and his cousin both have type 1, we are concerned about our children developing diabetes. Is there anything we can be doing to decrease their risk?

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