Many
patients do not understand why they can get diabetes. Moreover, some of them
afraid that their kids will also suffer from diabetes.
Maybe it sounds strange, but diabetes is not exactly a disease, which may be given from parents to children. Though, there are people who are in the so-called group of risk.
Let’s look at the possible reasons and factors, which may cause diabetes.
Actually there are two kinds of it: diabetes 1 and 2. They usually have various reasons. But they also have something in common: heredity and you way of life and environment.
Under heredity we do not mean that you will get diabetes for sure if for instance your mother had it. This can be proved by the example of twins whose genes are the same. One child may have diabetes 1 and the other may not have it. But if one of them gets 2 type diabetes, the chances of the second one become higher.
Now we’ll consider closer the diabetes 1.
If we speak about this type and heredity - both parents should have suffered from it in order that the child gets it. The risk is not high at all. Moreover, this disease also depends on your race. Statistics proves that white people are more likely to get diabetes 1.
When speaking about the environmental problems, we should mention the weather. Cold climate can favor the appearance of the disease. Except climate we should take into account viruses.
Some people think that children who didn’t have enough of mother’s milk while being infants are also at risk.
Furthermore, there is another interesting fact – people are able to get this diagnosis at any age (though special autoantibodies have been always in the blood). Antibodies are known for their ability to kill all the viruses.
Now it is high time to talk about diabetes 2. As you see, this diabetes is more serious and is closer connected with heredity. But at the same time it has a strong connection with the environment where the person lives. So, mind genetics factor. Even if only one of your parents suffered from diabetes 2, you are likely to get it!
Some nationalities eat very greasy food and are almost inactive physically. That is why environment has such a great influence! As a rule, people who have unhealthy nutrition and don’t do enough exercising suffer from diabetes 2 oftener in comparison with other people.
At the same time, people from the countries where sport is popular among ordinary people and where fresh products are usually used have this terrible diagnosis very rarely, even in case their parents had it.