Types of Diabetes

[Guest guest]

On Monday, December 8, 2003, at 06:13 PM,

wrote:

 

> My mother was recently diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.

> This means that although she doesn't yet need insulin injections if

> she does not modify her diet she WILL eventually develop type 1

> diabetes.

 

Uh, no. Type Two is adult onset diabetes caused by weight and other

environmental factors, and is by far the most common. Type One is

inherited. You're born with it. It strikes mostly kids.

 

One type does not flow from another type; they are distinct and separate.

 

Your mother is advised to get and read the New Glucose Revolution Pocket

Guide to Diabetes. It's the best single resource, at a glance, on how to

cope with the changes she must make.

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

actually it can flow from type II to type I if you don't watch it. my uncle is

a type II and my aunt says his doctor told him he'd better get his diet & blood

sugar (he's overweight & smokes) under control or else he's seriously in danger

of becoming an insulin dependent diabetic. So far so good, it's been about 4

months and his diabetes is stabilized (not that it matters much though because

he's also in the early stages of alzheimer's).

 

Megan

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One type does not flow from another type; they are distinct and separate.