Type 1 Diabetes Information Index

Diabetes : The complications
What makes diabetes so serious is that the condition can affect other parts of the body. Many adults have had diabetes for several years before their symptoms are recognised. By the time they are diagnosed, a great many have already started to develop the complications of diabetes, blindness, kidney failure, heart disease, stroke and nerve damage that could lead to amputations.

Category Type 1 Diabetes Information


 
 


You have diabetes. Is it possible that your child will have diabetes also? If so, how is the probability? Well, first of all, diabetes is divided into 2 types, commonly known as Diabetes Type 1 and Diabetes Type 2. If you have a Diabetes Type 1, the probability that your child will have the same condition is 1:17. If you are a mother with Diabetes Type 1 and deliver a child when you are under 25 years old, then the probability that your child will be diagnosed with the same condition is 1:25. The probability decreases to 1:100 if you give birth over 25 years old. The risk that your
Click here to read the rest of this article ...

Today's Featured News on Type 1 Diabetes Information

Facts At Your Fingertips!