Common Group of Viruses Strongly Linked to Type 1 Diabetes

[Amity Island]

A new study recently presented at the annual conference of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Stockholm, Sweden, reveals a high association between a common group of viruses and type 1 diabetes (T1D).

According to the Australian study, those with T1D had an eight-fold higher risk of contracting an enterovirus infection than people without the condition.

I think I remember both @Inka and @Robin talking about viruses as a possible cause of type 1.

Common Group of Viruses Strongly Linked to Type 1 Diabetes

Individuals with type 1 diabetes are eight times more likely than others to have an enterovirus infection; the findings support ongoing research on vaccines to help prevent the development of type 1 diabetes. A new study recently presented at the annual conference of the European Association for

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[Inka]

Thanks @Amity Island 🙂 I do think Type 1 is linked with gut damage of some kind so this study makes sense to me. There are lots of things online suggesting the involvement of the gut, and many of the other suggested triggers can be related to the gut too, eg cows milk in infancy/lack of breastfeeding.

 

[Amity Island]

Thanks @Amity Island 🙂 I do think Type 1 is linked with gut damage of some kind so this study makes sense to me. There are lots of things online suggesting the involvement of the gut, and many of the other suggested triggers can be related to the gut too, eg cows milk in infancy/lack of breastfeeding.

Hi @Inka do you think perhaps stress could also be another way the gut biome can be affected and perhaps lead to diabetes? I mean, stress is very, very common in the "modern" world.

 

[Inka]

Possibly - there might be multiple triggers - but personally (and with no medical experience, I hasten to add), I think there’s physical damage to the gut which is what causes the auto-immune attack, or damage to the microbiome which weakens the gut and damages it that way. Something breaches the gut barrier and triggers Type 1, maybe in a necessary sequence to actually cause the condition - that is, it won’t be just one thing. The circumstances must be right to cause the condition.

 

[Robin]

My consultant mentioned in passing when I was diagnosed, so 2007, that work was going on looking at enteroviruses as a possible trigger (together with a genetic predisposition) .