Diabetes - Risk facrors

Risk factors of Diabetes are divided into 7 types.


Hereditary
Obesity
Sedentary life style
Stress and strain
Drug side effects
Age
Infectious diseases.
I discuss here about hereditary risk factor.

Diabetes due to heredity:

Type 1 Diabetes (Juvenile Diabetes): Mainly caused by auto immunity. Severe lack of insulin is the characterestic feature.

If father is diabetic, there are chances of 9% of the children gets diabetes.
If mother is diabetic, 3% of the children get the disease.
If both father and mother are diabetic, 30% of the children get the disease.

Type 2 Diabetes: (Adult Diabetes)

If either father or mother is diabetic, 30% of the children get the disease.
If both parents are diabetic, 70% of the children get the disease.
So, high risk group children should monitor their diabetes levels regularly.