Has anyone ever gotten diabetes (type 1) just after a bad injury?

Question

mine developed just after i broke my leg pretty badly and was wondering if this has happened to anyone else, now keep in mind i have type 1 not type 2

it's just from what i've been told you either get type 1 when you're really young or really old mine came when i was 26 and in very good health and i am the first in my family to get it i was just wondering if some internal shock might of set it off (so to speak)

Answer 1

Sometimes the STRESS of trauma and injury DOES trigger Type 1 diabetes in those genetically at risk. There are also other factors involved. In some cases, Type 1 seems to be "triggered" by an accident, pregnancy, or severe illness in some people. We think that there is an environmental trigger like a virus, but we are not sure how other factors like the one you describe fit in. Perhaps stress on the body contributes to the contracting of the triggering virus or contributes to the "defective" immune response.

There is also the possibility that your Type 1 diabetes has nothing to do with your broken leg, but evidence suggests that it *may* have been part of the trigger. However, you still most likely would have gotten it anyway, the trigger would have simply been something else.


P.S. Although Type 1 is considered to usually be first diagnosed in children, it is not that rare for someone your age to get it. It is usually diagnosed in those UNDER 30, but can develop at any age. After that age is is called LADA. Many adult Type 1's were misdiagnosed as Type 2 diabetics in the past, when this fact was not well recognized. About 85% of Type 1 diabetics also have no previous family history. However, there is still a genetic component to the disease. Some people have a family history of other autoimmune diseases such as Lupus, MS, or Rheumatoid Arthritis, but not Type 1 diabetes. All autoimmune diseases share some genetic overlap.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

It is more than likely coincidence. The breakdown process of Type I Diabetes usually takes months, if not years before you even begin to see physical symptoms.

However, since Type I Diabetes is an autoimmune illness, it could fall under the realm of stress induced disease. While my son has Type I, I have Rheumatoid Arthritis, another autoimmune disorder. RA can be brought on by stressors, virus, environmental toxins, etc. Basically anything that could disturb the balance of your body. BUT you have the genetic factor, most likely to get these illnesses. Something just has to trigger it out of dormancy. It would still take time to develop. If you found out from bloodwork directly following your injury then there is no way it could have been caused by the accident.

So you can, probably, make a case for it. However, I side with it being coincidence.

Answer 4

My Type I diabetes came about following a severe abdominal virus. I threw up so much to the point of dehydration. The doctors figure that the virus must have caused my pancreas to quit functioning. The truth is that no one really knows what cause Type I Diabetes. I, too was in excellent health, and only 31 years of age at the time.

Answer 5

Very interesting question... I have not heard of this, and generally type I diabetes is diagnosed in early adolecence. I am curious if there is a possibility that you may have an autoimmune disorder. Sometimes the stress from a trauma can bring forth autoimmune disorders if there is predisposing factors. Autoimmune dysfunction is the only reason I can come up with for destruction of the beta (islet cells) in the pancreas later in life (type I)

Answer 6

Hrmm..my bf's diabetes (type 1) developed when he fell from a building and injured his leg

Answer 7

The doctors must not have found the diabetes before you broke your leg and just happened to find it after you broke your leg because you cannot develope type 1 from a broken leg.

Answer 8

Your injury did not cause the diabetes. You would have developed it even if you hadn't injured your leg. Most likely they discovered while doing routine labs because of your injury.

Answer 9

I absolutely have never heard of it coming that way. type 1 is a juvenile thing. most others are definitely type 2. cant believe that you are type 1 at your age, maybe you should get a 2nd opinion. being insulin dependent is not a way to go if you dont have to.

Answer 10

Type I is generally hereditary and I don't think breaking your leg would be likely to cause it.

I suppose serious trauma involving the pancreas might cause it....