Interesting Facts About Type 1 Diabetes
Sienna's Medical History
For the past fifteen years, my diabetes has been an anomaly in our family medical history. No one else in my family has Type 1. As far as we know, there's no hereditary component to my diabetes. I'm unsure if my siblings, parents, or extended family members mention my disease when asked about their medical history. But, even if they do, it's probably viewed as insignificant, since they're all adults and past the prime age for a Type 1 diabetes diagnosis.
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Expert & Community Posts
Flatbush diabetes
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert...diabetes, idiopathic [meaning the cause is unknown) type 1 diabetes, and ketosis-prone type 2... Read more »
What About Me? I’m Not Diabetic, but I’m Important Too!
By Beth McNamara , Health Expert...we receive the diagnosis that we have a child with Type 1 Diabetes, the whirlwind of the disease... Read more »
2nd Annual DiabetesMine.com Design Challenge
By Amy Tenderich , Health Expert...11, respectively) who have both been living iwht Type 1 diabetes for more than 10 years each. ... Read more »
It's not JUST diabetes!
By Kim Benjet , Health Expert...parents of children with diabetes. What I found most interesting was that the longer from... Read more »
Raising Funds for a Cure
By Kelsey Bonilla , Health Expert...around the country in an effort to raise money to cure type 1 diabetes. The annual JDRF Walk to... Read more »
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Meet Kim Emmons-Benjet
...Marathon, raising money for AIDS research in the process. Kim’s son Josh was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in December 2002. Since then she has become an active member of the Juvenile... Read more »Meet Kim Emmons-Benjet
...Marathon, raising money for AIDS research in the process. Kim’s son Josh was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in December 2002. Since then she has become an active member of the Juvenile... Read more »Type 1 Diabetes Causes: Islets of Langerhans
CausesAutoimmune ResponseType 1 diabetes is usually a progressive autoimmune disease, in which the beta cells that produce insulin are slowly destroyed by the body's own immune system. It is unknown... Read more »Meet Ann Bartlett
I always have trouble writing a bio. For me, it appears like a checklist: where your interest started, college degree, post college degree, work experience. And sometimes it appears like an ego... Read more »Eating Disorders: Risk Factors
...experiencing, possibly alone, these early physical changes, including normal increased body fat. One interesting study reported that:Before puberty, girls ate quantities of food appropriate to... Read more »Images
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