RESPONSES TO DOCTOR’S STATEMENT ABOUT DIABETES: WHY ME?
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You have developed diabetes probably because your body contains the genes linked to development of the disorder. You got those genes from one or both of your parents.There is quite a bit of evidence that your type of diabetes (called type II, non-insulin-dependent diabetes) is an inherited disorder caused by a defective gene passed on by one or both parents. Even if neither of your parents had diabetes, they could have inherited the tendency and passed that on to you.You have carried this gene in your body since you were born. But you didn’t develop diabetes until recently, when your blood glucose increased above the normal range. You probably didn’t even have the symptoms of diabetes and only found out you had this disease after your doctor performed a blood glucose test.Your type of diabetes usually shows up in mature adults (over the age of forty). It often develops in people who are overweight or obese and in women who deliver babies who weigh four kilograms or more at birth.Some women develop a form of diabetes (gestational diabetes) during pregnancy. This form of diabetes must be treated intensively during pregnancy to ensure delivery of a healthy baby. Women with this form of diabetes usually are free of diabetes after delivery, although they are at increased risk for the development of “regular” diabetes later in life.*2/210/5*
