An Important Question about Diabetes.?

Question

So for the last week i've been exhausted, even though I haven't worked out as much as usual but i've dropped 5 pounds, and I get major insanely painful headaches. So my parents took me to the doctor and we got blood work done and the results haven't come back yet. But I wanted to know how exactly did I get diabetes if I have diabetes that is. I mean I know its partly genetics but I don't really eat alot of sugar. So I want to know how can you acquire diabetes without inheriting it?

Answer 1

Genetics actually is the issue in diabetes, or onset with weight gain and unhealthy lifestyle.

You are probably going through a hormonal change and maturation, some metabolic changes, and/or thyroid condition.

Also, don't smoke, it leads to high blood pressure before other things.

Answer 2

Could be either high (hyperglycermia aka diabetes) or low  (hypoglycemia) glucose levels. Doctor may be testing you for both. I get tired and a headache with both.  And weight loss can occur with both.  

Even if no one else in the family has diabetes, it can still be genetic (recessive genes).  Even with an otherwise healthy lifestyle you can still get diabetes (autoimmune disorder, and I remember some articles about the possibility that some type 1s may have contracted a specific virus that lead to the body killing off the insulin producing cells). Women with polycystic ovarian syndrome often develope insulin resistance (type 2).  Other health conditions and medications can cause diabetes as well.  And sugar does not cause diabetes, even a diabetic can have sugar (within reason, as in, part of the overall carbohydrate allottment for the day).

Answer 3

These really don't sound very much like diabetic symptoms, but they could just be very early symptoms. Anyways, there are several factors that can contribute to diabetes from genetics to autoimmune problems to diet/overweight. Type 1 diabetes are people who don't produce insulin b/c the cells in the pacrease that normally produce insulin have been destroyed for some reason. This can be a genetic problem passed on that causes them to be destroyed or not form. This can also be a freak autoimmune problem where your body destroys them. Normally, this happens before the age of 20. Type 2 diabetes you either don't produce enough insulin but still produce some or your receptors have become resistant to insulin or don't absorb it as well. You can have a genetic predisposition for it, but it normally takes some diet and exercise problems to get it. Being overweight it the most common cause. And it isn't just about sugar. Most people eat WAY too many carbohydrates (white breads, pastas, crackers, candy bars, rice, etc. etc.) this is a top contributor.

Answer 4

Doctors think that type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disorder in which your body erroneously attacks and kills the insulin producing cells in your pancreas.  The results should be immediate.  You can go to your local pharmacy and get ketone strips without a prescription.  If you have untreated diabetes, you may have ketones.  If so, you MUST go to the hospital.

Answer 5

You don't "get" diabetes.  It "gets" you.

What I mean is, diabetes isn't contagious.  At the worst, it has a genetic component.  But genetics can be strange things.  It might be that your great grandmother had it (and never knew it), but your grandmother and mother never had it.  But now you do (maybe).

Sometimes, it just happens.  The pancreas "wears out" too early.

The pancreas also makes certain digestive juices, and it has been found that in some cases the pancreas will try to "digest itself".  No one knows why.  This is called the "Auto-immune theory", because normally your body is AUTOmatically IMMUNE to its own juices, like a rattlesnake isn't killed by its own poison.

The problem is, since no one really know how you "get" diabetes, no one yet knows how to cure it or stop it.

Honestly, though, your symptoms don't sound all that much like diabetes.  You sound more HYPOGLYCEMIC (blood sugar too low) -- with the headaches and all.  Couple that with your athletic lifestyle . . . .Maybe you just need to eat a little more, and consider how much exercise your going to do before you eat so that you can "carb up" before you run.