Higher risk for Diabetes?

Question

People tell me that I have a higher risk for Diabetes because my father had it. He didn't get it until he was 54. How can I be at a greater risk for something my father didn't get until he was in his 50's and I was in my 20's?

Shelia, If type 2 is passed down then how come a doctor can't find it now? There still has to be a trigger. If I don't live a lifestyle that will trigger diabetes then how am I still at a higher risk.

Answer 1

They always say you are at higher risk if your parents had any disease. That is why they always ask on the papers you fill out at the doctors office. Since most of these diseases can be passed down they are just trying to get a picture of what might possible happen to you in the future. Only time can tell. You may or may not get diabetes. I wouldn't borrow trouble.

My sister in law has type 1 and she has 4 kids that show no signs of being diabetic.

My Mother had type 1 and grandMother had type 2, but both my sister and I show no signs. My sister is obese and you would think she would being at the age of 45 and I am 38 and very thin- I take more after my Dad.

Just watching your weight, getting exercise, eating prooperly, and cutting out too many sugars, and watching your stress levels is all you can do. If you are gonna get it you will no matter what you do. No sense in borrowing stress and worry.

Answer 2

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Answer 4

Genetics.

Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes are at least partly inherited. Type 1 diabetes appears to be triggered by some (mainly viral) infections, or in a less common group, by stress or environmental exposure (such as exposure to certain chemicals or drugs). There is a genetic element in individual susceptibility to some of these triggers which has been traced to particular HLA genotypes (i.e., the genetic "self" identifiers relied upon by the immune system). However, even in those who have inherited the susceptibility, type 1 diabetes mellitus seems to require an environmental trigger. A small proportion of people with type 1 diabetes carry a mutated gene that causes maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY).

Wolfram's syndrome - Wolfram's syndrome is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder that first becomes evident in childhood. It consists of diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, and deafness, hence the acronym DIDMOAD.[15]

There is a stronger inheritance pattern for type 2 diabetes. Those with first-degree relatives with type 2 have a much higher risk of developing type 2, increasing with the number of those relatives. Concordance among monozygotic twins is close to 100%, and about 25% of those with the disease have a family history of diabetes. Candidate genes include KCNJ11 (potassium inwardly rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 11), which encodes the islet ATP-sensitive potassium channel Kir6.2, and TCF7L2 (transcription factor 7–like 2), which regulates proglucagon gene expression and thus the production of glucagon-like peptide-1.[2]

Another risk factor is obesity, particularly central obesity (i.e., that in and around abdominal organs), which is found in approximately 85% of North American patients diagnosed with this type, so some experts believe that inheriting a tendency toward obesity also contributes.

Excerpt above is from the first source below...the second source provides links to medical reference and research information. Diet and exercise, as well as, a thyroid test can prevent the disease...to my understanding.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

You best bet for avoiding diabetes is to keep your weight down. If it were a contagious disease in this country, it would be having an epidemic!!!!!!! Visit a place like Italy, and **** around... you see no chunkos.... none!!! Stay in the good range of your BMI (body mass index, google it to find yours. ) I don't want it either so my BMI remains at 2l.4 one of those sites on Google will have a chart. Find out you BMI.... Fat people get diabetes, slim ones rarely do. All the ads you see on TV for diabetes drugs and devices show fat people.... the message is pretty clear.... stay within your healthy weight range, and your chances are significantly reduced.

Answer 7

Because presumably you, too, will live to be in your fifties and may get it then, if not before.

"Risk" means likelihood in your lifetime, not at 4:32 this afternoon. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't be careful today, because the risk will compound over a lifetime if you sit around saying, "I'm only in my 20's - more donuts!"

Answer 8

even if its is heridetory, it doesnt mean it gonna come in same age
my grandfather and grand mother got diabetics in the age of 50-55. my mother and three of her sisters got it in the age of 40-42. and now in my generation, some of my cousins got it in the age of late 20 and i am in high risk too. i am in middle 20's.

Answer 9

If he got diabetes because he was over or under weight then this does not effect you. AS long as you maintain a healthy life style, stay fit eat good, everything in moderation.

Answer 10

The condition may show anticipation, which means with each successive generation the condition appears sooner and sooner. But it really depends on you diet and all of that jazz.