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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A WINDOW cleaner is donning his running shoes to raise awareness of his son’s rare condition caused by Type 1 diabetes.
Laurence Gorman, 44, has signed up for the Bupa Great Manchester Run with Diabetes UK on May 20.
He will be competing in the event for his 13-year-old son Edward, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of eight.
However, he also has a diabetes-related condition called necrobiosis on his legs.
Type 1 diabetes develops when insulin-producing cells in the pancreas are destroyed.
It accounts for around 10 per cent of all people with diabetes, cannot be prevented and is not connected with being overweight.
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.u...dad_raising_funds_for_son___s_rare_condition/
An explanation of necrobiosis:
http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to...Other_associated_conditions/Skin_Necrobiosis/
Laurence Gorman, 44, has signed up for the Bupa Great Manchester Run with Diabetes UK on May 20.
He will be competing in the event for his 13-year-old son Edward, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of eight.
However, he also has a diabetes-related condition called necrobiosis on his legs.
Type 1 diabetes develops when insulin-producing cells in the pancreas are destroyed.
It accounts for around 10 per cent of all people with diabetes, cannot be prevented and is not connected with being overweight.
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.u...dad_raising_funds_for_son___s_rare_condition/
An explanation of necrobiosis:
http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to...Other_associated_conditions/Skin_Necrobiosis/