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Question
My 32 year old boyfriend has had
type 1
diabetes
for eight years. We are thinking
about having a child after marriage, and
there's no history of diabetes in his family
nor in mine. I am concerned
because
an endocrinologist told me that there is a high chance
that our child will develop diabetes immediately after birth.
What are the
chances that our child will develop diabetes after birth?
Answer
Based on what you have stated, the chances of your baby developing
diabetes after birth is very low. The lifetime risk is probably low as
well. However, people develop diabetes for many reasons, so it is difficult
to predict who will get diabetes and who will not.
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The risk for a man with type 1 diabetes to have a child who develops it
during his/her lifetime is in the neighborhood of 3-6%. In addition, it is
extremely rare for a child to be born with diabetes.
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