Animals may carry 'infectious'Type 1 diabetes

[Northerner]

Type 1 diabetes may be an infectious disease carried by animals, researchers believe.

The auto-immune condition occurs when the body stops producing insulin.

A new study of children with the disease has revealed a distribution pattern mirroring that of flu. This has led scientists to suspect that, like flu or measles, Type 1 diabetes may be spread by an infectious agent.

The researchers studied cases of Type 1 diabetes in north-east England. They found that over a six-year cycle, cases not only varied in frequency but peaked at certain times of the year.

The pattern suggested an infection carried by a wild animal which triggered an auto-immune reaction in susceptible individuals.

http://www.independent.ie/world-new...carry-infectioustype-1-diabetes-29344035.html

Interesting!

 

[LeeLee]

Hmmm. Very interesting. So now they just need to:

1. identify the carrier species
2. identify the infectious agent
3. work out how it is transmitted
4. develop a vaccine

Should be sorted next week then.

 

[HOBIE]

My mother says i had measles then T1. In 1966 😱. I hope they get to the bottom of this. Keep going boffins 😉

 

[Hanmillmum]

My little one started with a flu type virus with a rash, then within a few days dx with diabetes.