Zjman said:
I was under the impression that type 1 is hereditary and nothing ya can do about it, my sons sperm donor was type 1
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About 20 years ago that stat was the norm I believe.
The endocrinologist gave me some real interesting insight. He said it used to that if you had no family member with type 1 your chances were less than 1% of ever getting. If your dad was type 1 and mom was not your chances go up like 17% higher of getting it. If your mom has it but Dad doesn't you still had a single digit chance.
Then he looks at me and says but it's different now. We don't know where it's coming from. We make 3 that week. There were 4 the week before and 3 the week before that!! And only 1 had a history in their family of type 1
The only new thing he said they have found is that it almost always follows a virus or an infection. During that sickness the white blood cells attack the beta cells in the pancreas. Along with whatever you're fighting.
So as simple as a toothache or strep throat or as big as the flu. Even a flu shot.
So the only conclusion I can come to is that if your child got sick specifically with a small or moderate fever and you immediately started checking blood sugar during their sickness you MIGHT be able to catch the beta cells getting hurt and get to endocrinologist ASAP and save the pancreas somehow
Because the reason a type 1 has the exact same symptoms that brought them to the diagnosis is they had unreal amounts of ketones in their blood and urine. On their way to killing you. Ketones only form when glucose can't get to your brain which means you spent a CRAZY amount of time with high blood sugar well above 275-300. So your brain says **** this, we are gonna burn fat instead so the brain doesn't die.
So after enough fat is burned without ANY sugar present ketones form as a bi product.
By then, it's done. The whole time you were out mountain biking, playing soccer, basketball, etc. Then what do you and your parents see?
A kid that's growing, active so he's thirsty and hungry as hell. He or she grows out of their shoes and clothes. Thins out. Has all kinds of energy. . . . . For a while.
But the whole time your pancreas gets behind. Can't keep up and slowly dies. It doesn't happen in a couple days. It can take months and usually does.
My girls are rarely sick. Most of the time it's stuffy nose for a couple days. Never had the flu. We have never taken a flu shot.
My 6 year old got salmonella 6 months ago. Held her tummy every time she ate. Balled up on the couch and had a fever for about ten days. Couple days of runny poo then all better. Back in action. The only thing us or the doc didn't check was blood sugar.
Why would we? Who wants to poke their kid.
Just makes me wonder a lot. I lose sleep over it every night.
Maybe this is the key to keeping new kids from getting it?