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From: stanwyck@ihuxr.UUCP (Don Stanwyck)
Newsgroups: net.bio
Subject: Re: questions about diabetes
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Date: Tue, 6-Mar-84 09:25:26 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar  6 09:25:26 1984
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Okay, I'll tackle this one.

Diabetes.  There are two types which I am familiar with.  The first, usually
known as Type 1 diabetes (aka juvenile diabetes) has been diagnosed in people
from 60 hours of age through 90+ years of age.  It is widely held that the
tendancy toward Type 1 diabetes is inherited, but now the disease itself. 
(This is what my brother-in-law has.  He lives with us, and we deal with on
a daily basis. For you other diabetics - he is a 75 unit a day (45L+15S a.m.
and 15S p.m.) U-100 user)

The other type I am familiar with is frequently refered to as latent diabetes.
This is the type that usually strikes sometime around retirement (55-70 years).
There is believed to be a tight relationship between hypoglycemia in young
people and latent diabetes in the elderly.  (This is what my grandfather has,
and it is expected that if I don't care for myself, I will get.)  The tendancy
toward this type of diabetes is also believed to be inherited.

Sorry, no references handy except for the 3/4/84 Sunday Chicago Tribune.
The Trib is running a multi-week (5-week?) series on diabetes, and 3/4 was
the first week.

One tidbit I did pick up from there - the Romans noticed that some people's
urine attracted bees and ants.  So they tasted it and found it sweet.  This
became the standard way of diagnosing diabetes - tasting the person's urine
to determine how sweet it was.  Anyone want to aapply for the job?  (Modern
methods have done away with the technique, but I suppose we could fix you up
if you really wanted to.....)

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