Early Respiratory Infection & Type 1 Diabetes Risk

[Northerner]

What may seem like a harmless cold during the first six months of life may more than double a child's chances of developing antibodies that often lead to type 1 diabetes, new German research suggests.

Infections that occur later don't seem to pose as high as risk. When infants between 6 and 12 months had a respiratory illness, their risk only increased by 32 percent, the study found.

The researchers noted that these findings probably don't apply to all youngsters, because this study was done with children who have a high risk of developing the disease because they have a first-degree relative who has type 1 diabetes.

http://diabetes.webmd.com/news/2013...fection-may-double-type-1-diabetes-risk-study

 

[LeeLee]

Is there such a thing as a baby that doesn't catch a cold when parents/siblings do?

 

[Tina63]

Interesting reading that, my lad had a chest infection which went on for weeks from about 4 months of age. He ended up on antibiotics for several weeks, piggy-backing two different types at one point, an xray after a couple of weeks because the GP wondered if he could have inhaled one of his sister's tiny toys or something as it was proving so stubborn to clear, that proved negative but this infection took weeks to properly subside.

His sister, by comparison, didn't have a single sniffle or upset tummy for the first 9 months of her life. She was much sturdier, but I put it down to the time of their births, him mid winter and her late spring.

He rarely saw a doctor after the age of 2.