Which type of diabetes would i get?

Question

I'm 15 and diabetes runs in my family

my grandparents and great grandparents had type 2 because they were over 35 (maternal and paternal)

so does that mean I'm more likely to get type 2 diabetes or can i still get type 1 diabetes?

Answer 1

The risk of type 2 can be greatly reduced by staying within a healthy weight range and exercising regularly. Type 1 can occur at any age. 9, in my case, or 81 as recently happened to a friend of my mothers. There remains no cure for type 1. Even though I had a pancreas/kidney transplant 2 years ago, it is considered a treatment not a cure.

Answer 2

You're getting a bit old to have Type 1 Diabetes, EXCEPT . . . .

The definitions are slowly changing,  In a Type 1 Diabeteic (Juvenile diabetes) the pancreas most often fails completly.  Why -- we don't know.  Some new research thinks that it is because the pancreas tries to digest itself.  but scientists are still working on that . . . .

In Type 2 Diabtes (Adult Onset), the pancreas gets weaker as you get older and put on weight.  It just can't make ENOUGH insulin.  In some acses the patient develops a resistance to insulin -- although the pancreas is making insulin, the body can't use it.  Either way, the result is the same.

The thing is, "Type 2" diabetics (pancreas wearing out because of being overweight) is now being seen in kids as young as 10!!  Why??  Video games!  Kids set around after school playing video games, drinking sodas, and eating junk food, instead of getting out and playing soccer or basketball or riding bikes

Some other studies have shown that most Type 2 Diabetics eventually require insulin, and eventually their pancreas fails completely -- and that is Type 1 diabetes.!

So the defintions are now changing:  Type 1 Diabtes is sometimes thought of as "insulin dependent" meaning that insulin shots are necessary because the pancreas has FAILED.  This can happen early (age 7 or 8 or earlier) or it can happen later in life, after the patient has been diabetic for several years.

Type 2 diabetes is called "non-insulin dependent" because it can be fought by watching your diet, getting more exercise, and losing weight.  This disease is no longer limited to "old folks", but can occur in kids as young as 10 or 11.

Ultimately, its the same disease, and heridity plays a strong role, as does lifestyle (active or sedate) and weightr (normal or overweight).  

If you do not already have it, then you rbest bet is to try to prevent it by staying active, eating a nutritious diet, stayng away from excessive sweets like colas and sports drinks and energy drinks, eating more fiber (vegetables and whole grain products), keeping up your exercise level, and keeping your weight in the "normal" range, according to your cotror.

Answer 3

if you get diabetes you definitely get type 2 because type 1 present its signs under 2 years old.

Answer 4

Types 1 and 2 can occur at any age.  People who maike claims that type 1 only occurs 'before age two' obviously do not know their facts.  And while type 2 generally occurs in adults, it does occur in children.

Type 1 is not always genetic.  Type 2 is not always due to obesity.  Illness, injury, and some medications can cause either type.  

Just because your grandparents and great grandparents are diabetic and over 35 does not automatically make them type 2, but since type 2 is far more common than type 1, it's fairly likely that they are and if you were to develop diabetes sometime in your life, statistically, it'd likely be type 2.

Answer 5

Type 2 diabetes is strongly linked to age and obesity. It is thought to be a more environmental disease rather than genetic. Although obviously because it's in your family you are at a slightly higher risk- should you become obese. If you keep to a healthy weight you should be safe from type 2.

Type 1 does have a genetic link, if a close relative has type 1 you are at higher risk than average to develop it also. However type 1 can also strike at random where there is no family history. There's nothing you can really do to avoid it unfortunately. It usually comes on in childhood so your starting to enter a 'safer age' although it can come on at any age.  

Answer 6

You may not get any type of diabetes.  Just because you have the risk factor does not mean you will develop it.  But, if you would, you could actually develop either type. If there is more type 2 in the family, your chances of developing that type are actually higher. Diabetes has been in my family for 6 generations, mostly type 1, but I got type 2 and I have 2 kids with diabetes, one has type 1 and the other has type 2.  And , I don't know where Gary gets his information, but 15 is not getting a little old for type 1.  It is very common for type 1 to be diagnosed all the way up to 35 years of age.

Another thing...type 2 diabetes is NOT  "tied heavily" to being overweight.  This is not true.  Over half of the people diagnosed with type 2 are not, nor have they ever been overweight.  However, in some cases, one of the symptoms of type 2 can be weight gain, but this is caused by the disease, not the other way around.

Both types of diabetes can be genetic.

Type one can be diagnosed anywhere from birth to the age of around 35, even older.

Type 2 is usually diagnosed after the age of 35, but can be developed when a person is younger, too.

  I wish people would get the correct information before they pass it on.