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Research: Causes and Prevention

I was diagnosed with hypoglycemia which resulted from my body’s inability to produce cortisol or carnitine to regulate the release of insulin after I ate. My blood sugars seem to be in the low normal range with a regular eating pattern, but they often go out of range. Could this possibly lead to my developing diabetes later in life?

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Our 10 year old girl has just been diagnosed with early stages of diabetes. She is a DPT-1 participant and was caught early during a routine intravenous GTT. What preventative studies are available to her in this age range?

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My dad has diabetes. What are the causes of diabetes? Can any preventative measures be taken? Can you please tell me a little about the treatment?

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I have a very large family, and there is no one with type 1 diabetes except my son who was in a motor vehicle accident six months prior to his diagnosis. He suffered quite a bit of stress, trauma, and anxiety because of the accident. Could this have triggered his diabetes? I know it cannot cause it, but could it have triggered it?

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Is diabetes triggered by blood glucose alone, or is it also due to tension? Does it produce incontinence of urine and anosmia?

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My first daughter got diabetes when she was three. She was allergic to cow’s milk and start drinking soy milk when she was seven months old. My second daughter is seven months old month, and was also found to be allergic to cow’s milk. Is it true that drinking soy milk over a long time may causes diabetes?

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My two sons, ages six and nine, were diagnosed with diabetes four years ago, at the same time that a factory opened next door to our residence. Is there an environmental link between certain chemicals (toxic) and developing this disease?

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Until I took Medrol, my blood sugars were reasonable, but they were significantly higher (as much as 40%) while taking this medication. I am worried that my excellent control (based just on diet and exercise) is now blown and I may have developed full-blown diabetes thanks to this medicine. Is that what has happened?

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My daughter, who has had type 1 for three years, was recently diagnosed with celiac. Could we have prevented the diabetes if we had known earlier about the celiac?

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Are there any correlation studies between the varicella virus (chicken pox) vaccine since it came out around 1995 and type 1 diabetes?

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