I'm 21 years old. Both my parents are diabetics as well as my paternal grand father (was) and very third relative is a diabetic. I live under very stressful conditions (family and career problems). What are the chances of my getting this disease and how soon?
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Type II (Type 2) (non insulin dependent diabetes or adult onset diabetes): Type II (Type 2) diabetes is a result of body tissues becoming resistant to insulin. It generally happens to people above 40 years of age and is usually hereditary. \n\nDo you have these:\n\n Symptoms of Diabetes / Signs of Diabetes\n\nExcessive urination\nExcessive thirst and hunger\nSudden weight loss\nBlurred vision\nDelay in healing of wounds\nDry and itchy skin\nRepeated infections\nFatigue\nHeadache
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let your endocrinologist know that you are interested in finding out about other people with the condition in your living area. most places have diabetic camp, groups, annual fund raising, annual get together trips etc..... your Dr. should know of all of these activities. my son has been diabetic since he was 16 months old and he is currently 12 years old. if you would like to email me with your experiences i would be glad to accommodate.
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Maybe you should be tested for diabetes. This is one of the main problems I have and I am diabetic.
53401
after reading your other questions i have edited my reply..\nleave the boys alone for now. youve posted numerous questions about pregnancy, eating disorders, your weight? normal or not? diabetes is in your family, you have headaches, depressed--etc.\n\na LOT of these problems will work themself out if you will ask for help from a school counselor or your parents. you are way too concerned about your appearance and boys,..when you should be focusing on your health and self esteem.
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The statistics on developing diabetes are if you have one parent with diabetes the children have a 50% risk of developing diabetes within their lifetime.  If both parents are diabetic, they have a 100% risk of developing diabetes within their lifetime.  This doesn't mean you can't hold it at bay.  A well balanced meal plan,  good exercise program, and being diligent with annual checkups will help keep diabetes from developing, and/or reduce its devastating effects.  Have you had yourself checked for diabetes yet?  Diabetes does have serious effects on kidneys.  You can go to the ADA website for more information concerning diabetes.  www.diabetes.org.  Good luck.
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Actually it is a lot more common than you think for people to have diabetes have have no symtoms but high glucose readings.  Please see a doctor for a fasting glucose test which will give you a better look at where you stand.  How high is high?  Do you know what the normal range is?
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It sounds like something is out of whack. I know it can be hard to convince someone to go to the doc...but he needs to. Does he check his blood sugar at home? If so, you need to make sure hes checking it and that its doin ok. About his mouth-that doesn't sound right...he needs to go back and speak with the dentist or something because being a diabetic he has got to be able to eat. My father in law is also diabetic..pretty advanced and he has all sorts of "episodes" like falling, weakness, scrambled thoughts, mood swings and fatigue. Diabetes kills so don't worry about being "pushy" or whatever, tell him its for his health, his future so he needs to not wait and just go make sure everything is ok. Good Luck to you!
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My step brother is diabetic as was my step father - who incidently died at age 38 years old due to complications from diabetes and his kidney transplant.\n\nI'm not saying that to scare you -I'm saying it because when your sugar level swings up and down - 480, then 40, then 320, then 85..ALL the time - this does damage to the renal veins in the eys and kidneys.\n\nHe MUST not only get his sugar down (which can ONLY be brought down by the correct amount of insulin and NOT food or water - but by insulin prescribed in dosage amounts for him and his body weight.) but he has to CONTROL it.  It can NOT swing like that! Dangerous - can cause strokes, heart attacks, internal organ damages.\n\nThe question is - what did he eat that put him over the edge? Sweets? Alcohol? just even a big sandwich? does he have the flu? Alot of things can affect sugar.\n\nHe DOES need to call his doctor immediately and schedule an evaluation of diet and medication to see what the right combination is for him.\n\nMy step bro uses the insulin pump with great sucess -he's one that never took care of his sugar either -with it swinging up and down - now with the pump he is better managing his diabetes - althoug he still doesn't follow the correct diet that he should - and I'm not saying it is easy to do that. I have 10lbs to lose and I can't even do that right - its HARD!! But..its IMPORTANT and diabetics can live very healthy energetic lives and grow to old age if they work cooperatively with their doctor.\n\nYou also - MUST check on him -if his sugar is out of whack so that he's not passing out and no one finds him alone..My stepuncles wife (my stepaunt if you will) her brothers died within 2 months of each other. 34 and 37 years old - both had unregulated diabetes. Both were home ALONE and had bad reactions - and no one knew. it was horrifically sad.\n\nAgain I'm not saying this to upset you -but its a serious disease that needs to be monitored. Call your friend and have him get someone over there to sit with him.\n\nAnd lastly - please forgive me for saying this - but his diabetic problems can not be something you make yourself sick over -HE HAS TO DO IT FOR HIMSELF. And yes - as his friend you should encourage that he get the help he needs. We all suffered so much guilt when my stepfather died - but know what? I miss him, I love him, he was amazing - but he did it to himself...he started smoking after his kidney transplant again...he didn't exercise, he didn't watch his diet - and we lost him- its been 11 years and I still cry.\n\nForward this information to your friend and tell him he can do it!! I know he can and he'll feel so much better once he does!
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ONLY a Doctor can help you with this. You should get an appointment set up so that you can go through testing to make sure that you don't have the developing stages of diabetes yourself. Maybe this site will answer more questions for you though.\n\nhttp://www.diabetes.com/
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You may never get it, or you may get it tomorrow. If you are fit and exercise and are keeping active, you are no doubt burning all the carbs and sugars before they turn around and bite you in the butt. However, you may build an intolerence to your insulin, and if that happens, you will no longer be able to get rid of those sugars quickly. Diabetes is a silent preditor, so if I were you, I would simply watch the amount of sugar consumed and find out what the healthy amount of carbs and sugar are consumable for someone your age and weight and height. Moderation is always the key. Why push luck?
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It occurs when a diabetic person's blood sugar gets very high-generally over 350-400.  It is a medical emergency.  You can avoid it by frequent testing of your blood sugar & treating your blood sugar appropriately.
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My daughter is diabetic. She was diagnosed when she was 18 months old. She is 11 now and she hates it. She sneaks snacks and I now lock them up. Being the parent of a diabetic is one of the hardest jobs any one can have. It is very challenging, and stressful. Good luck to you and your HA1C. God Bless You Sweety.
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All of my relatives from the generation before mine (Aunts, Uncles, Grandparents) died at relatively young ages.  Mostly in their 60's and early 70's from complications of such things as diabetes, high blood pressure and the like.  My mother on the other hand was diagnosed with diabetes at in her early 40's and has taken extremely good care of herself always watching what she ate.  While everyone else simply dropped dead over the years she is still here.  She has alzhiemers and is suffering miserably.  It is horrible to watch what she is going through.  I think of my uncles and aunts that ate what they wanted, smoked and drank until they just fell over, then I think of my mother's horrible suffering in her old age.  I am now middle aged and it is time for me to make some decisions that may decide the length of my life.  In weighing my options I'm beginning to lean towards enjoying everything life has to offer and leaving the end up to the fates.  At least I'll get good lasagna and if I have to go, well I'll go.  I'm not so sure I want to live a long, long life, now that I've seen the results of keeping your body healthy longer than your mind can last.  I would like to live as long as I can be relatively healthy.  I would not mind living in a nursing home if family came to see me regularly and I could keep my mind active.  I would not want to live with my children.  I don't want them to go through that for me, even if they want to.
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This is called pregnancy diabetes, and it affects only the mother as such, even if it can be dangerous for the foetus if it is not controlled (it can cause an abortion). It does not make the baby diabetic.\nDiabetes means that you have a deficiency in a hormone called insulin. Type 1 diabetes happens when the insulin-producing cells of your body are destroyed by your immune system. I don't think that type 1 diabetes is hereditary as such.\nType 2 diabetes happens in people who eat a lot of sugar and dont exercise very much. They still produce insulin, but it has lost its effects. Fragily to this type of diabetes is hereditary.\nThe symptoms of type 1 diabetes are much more pronounced than what you describe. People with type I diabetes lose a lot of weight even though they eat a lot, lose sensitivity in their extremities, lose consciouness, have a sour odor in the breath (acetone), are thirsty all the time and have sugar in their urine (they used to taste the urine before to tell if somebody was diabetic).\nSo if you have no worse symptoms than that, I wouldn't worry.\nAnd if you still worry, have a sugar blood test done.
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hi sweety (because you are diabetic) \nstop worrying.\nit is quite natural that people start worrying  at initial stage when they are advised to take medicines . definitely you can come to pre medication stage provided you  develop certain good habits like  diet control,simple exersises & medication(as advised by doctor) .\n\nregarding  diet control either we are ignorant or we cheat ourselves .i stress this point because i am also diabetic since 13 years. i know it is very difficult to avoid the food which we crave for .each day i tell myself that i am not going to eat the 'barred' food .like this i am adjusting to the situation .you can have tasty food even without sweets & transfat items. don,t copromise on taste.\ndefinitely you have to do simple exercises or brisk walk for 40 minutes daily.\ndon't stop medication until doctor advises you to do so..\ndiabetes is not a dicease.it is only deficiency.\nso don't bother .go ahead & enjoy yor life.
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My Aunts have this--they are all in their 50's.  None of them were diagnosed with it until they were in their late 40's & early 50's.  They are all 3 coping diferently with it as it has affected them each differently.  They all still lead very active lives and don't let it slow them down.  It's a matter of mind over matter--they each make sure they get plenty of rest before and after things that they know will wear them out, are careful about their diets, and have sought the most agressive treatments they can get.  They are all happy in their lives and haven't let the disease control their lives.  They treat it like everything else they've had to deal with in thier lives--it's just another challenge!
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Before people develop type 2 diabetes, they almost always have "pre-diabetes" -- blood glucose levels that are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. There are 41 million people in the United States, ages 40 to 74, who have pre-diabetes. Recent research has shown that some long-term damage to the body, especially the heart and circulatory system, may already be occurring during pre-diabetes.\n\nResearch has also shown that if you take action to manage your blood glucose when you have pre-diabetes, you can delay or prevent type 2 diabetes from ever developing. Together with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the American Diabetes Association published a Position Statement on "The Prevention or Delay of Type 2 Diabetes" to help guide health care professionals in treating their patients with pre-diabetes.\n\nThere is a lot you can do yourself to know your risks for pre-diabetes and to take action to prevent diabetes if you have, or are at risk for, pre-diabetes. The American Diabetes Association has a wealth of resources for people with diabetes. People with pre-diabetes can expect to benefit from much of the same advice for good nutrition and physical activity. The links on this page are cornerstones of successful management of pre-diabetes.