Diabetes is only hereditory?

[Guest1234]

I don't think so, but I have to ask. Can a person only get diabetes if their family has a history of it, and they carry the hereditory gene?
Basically my brother eats a lot of junk, and has put on a lot of weight. The other weekend he and some friends went out, and my brother says he only had 6 drinks, but it doesn't explain why he was comatose and vomiting everywhere. The doctors thought possible drink spiking, but he has been called in for a emergency appointment regarding his blood test results (not the drug screen ones). They did a broad range blood testing for blood sugars, iron levels, white cell count, organ function and so forth the day he went to the doctor, and had to go for the drug one at a later date because he had to fast.
At a wild guess I suggested they may want to do a diabetes test because his sugar levels may not have been normal. But he is now going on some huge rant that he is safe to eat anything and everything he wants and it won't give him diabetes, because we have no family history. I think thats bull because I am certain that it is not only hereditory.
I would google, but I'm on my phone.

[NonnyMouse]

"
One of the questions that needs to be answered first is; "is diabetes hereditary?" this will help researchers develop treatment programs that can help prevent or cure this killer disease. While researchers are still not clear as to what causes diabetes there are many factors they have identified that provide a common link in the diabetes question.

Whiles the predisposition to get diabetes is hereditary, there are a number of heredity factors and environmental conditions that will play into if someone develops diabetes. Diabetes is what is classified as an autoimmune disease, where our body sees part of the body as an invader and attacks it.

Autoimmune diseases do tend to run in families and where you see one autoimmune disease you are likely to find others. So while nobody in your family may have diabetes, if members of your family have other autoimmune diseases such as thyroid disease or rheumatoid arthritis, it is possible to also see diabetes show up.

Aside from asking if diabetes is hereditary; researchers are also looking at environmental factors, such as obesity, lack of activity and age. Diabetes most often shows up in people over the age of 45 who are obese, and do not get enough exercise. This leads one to think that despite heredity that type 2 diabetes can also be prevented by proper diet and maintaining a normal weight.

With more children being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at young ages, this is becoming more and more of a certainty. Children have become more sedentary and accustomed to a diet of processed, refined food and drinks leading to obesity and ultimately to diabetes.

Regardless of whether type 2 diabetes is hereditary or not, it is clear that it is both preventable and controllable maintaining a healthy weight and including a healthy diet and exercise into your life."


Excerpt from http://ezinearticles.com/?Is-Diabete...tes&id=2158593

[SassyMummy]

Pretty sure it's both lifestyle and genetics that can contribute to someone having Type 2 Diabetes (which is the type your brother would have, if he has diabetes).

He can certainly get it just from living a really unhealthy lifestyle - it doesn't matter if anyone in your family is known to have had it too. Your brother is being a naive idiot thinking he can put on huge amounts of weight and eating rubbish foods and thinking it'll do nothing to him. Even if he doesn't get diabetes, there's a number of other things he can suffer from as a result.

[Guest1234]

Thanks Nonny
Sassy it is scary and disguisting. I can not believe that he has this attitude, its made me so mad!

[mumzdaword]

Negative thinking on yourbrothers part could be dangerous to him, because ANYONE is suspeptable to getting diabeties... poor diet and gaining weight gives you a good chance at becoming diabetic later on in life and a good indication that someone might be a diabetic is excessive weight, poor diet, low energy levels constantly feeling lazy and tired..

Diabeties is also hereditory, so those that have a family history of it need to be even more careful about their lifestyle..

My father is insulin dependent and the gene is passed down through the men, his father had it as did his uncle and grandfather but still doesnt rule any of the girls out just because its only the men, we still have a higher chance than some on getting it...

Like i said anyone is susceptable to it, and tell your brother that just because there isnt a family history of it behind him doesnt mean to say that his isnt the first to start it, to have a history it has to start somewhere, how does he know its not him...

Really hope his results come back clear and that he starts a healthier eating habit and exercise patten soon

[Guest1234]

Thanks ladies
Seems my brother maintains that its only hereditory, regardless. Seems he may just have inherited my dads I'm-always-right gene.
I can just see it; the doctor wanting to do the diabetes test, and my brother objecting because there is no history of it in the family. Oh to be a fly on the wall.
Of course this may not be the issue, but to be honest, it won't suprise me.

[Pax]

Firstly I think everything is DNA.. our dna either makes us resilient to or resistent to different illnesses.

You can get diabetes due to lifestyle such as obesity and drinking etc although there has been no family history

you can get pregnancy diabetes and not be aware of other family members that have had it

They have discovered so many interesting things about DNA.. That for instance a man that lives a gluttonous life, his grandchildren may not but suffer from a and b conditions.

the research is absolutely fascinating what they are finding.

All you can do is live as healthy as you can

[jjules13]

i guess thats one argument that a person has a genetic predisposition re: type 2. but i think largely its lifestyle. alot of type 2's get akick up the butt and begin managing it well and live a long healthy life - some off meds.
type 1 however (which my baby has) is a combination at this point environmental and genetic - hes insulin dependent.

[Made in England]

i guess thats one argument that a person has a genetic predisposition re: type 2. but i think largely its lifestyle. alot of type 2's get akick up the butt and begin managing it well and live a long healthy life - some off meds.
type 1 however (which my baby has) is a combination at this point environmental and genetic - hes insulin dependent.

I certainly agree that type 2 is mainly lifestyle. I have recently been diagnosed with pre-diabetes which means my body is on it's way to developing type 2 diabetes. There is no family history or diabetes at all. It was caused by years or rubbish diet. I'm not overweight and never have been, but I ate lots sweet, bad things and drank cordial and soft drink all the time. I thought that because I was not putting on weight, I could eat anything I liked. How wrong I was. All those years of eating and drinking rubbish, caused me to develop pre-diabetes. So now, I have to test my blood sugars twice a day, eat a low gi diet and have annual glucose tolerance tests and hopefully doing that will stop or delay me from developing type 2 diabetes.
So what I'm trying to say is that yes, your brother is at risk of developing diabetes even though there is no family history. I would certainly be encouraging to get tested and maybe see a dietician. I see one every 6 weeks and it has really helped.

[Leeee]

dna can make you more susceptible to it (a particular combination of something in the dna, enzymes or something). lifestyle stuff brings it on. vaxxing doesn't help, my mum reckons. my brother started showing signs leading up to his diagnosis after a big round of vaxxes when he went with dad to ethiopia (one reason for my refusal to just blindly follow the vaxxing schedule). he was diagnosed while he was there, poor thing. such is the information i actually remember from when i did an assignment on it in grade 9.
type 2 is a bit of both i think. pregnancy, obesity etc but it can also be passed through dna just like any susceptibility to any disease.