My husband has type 2 diabetes and fell ill 3 years ago. We have a 4-year-old daughter and we are planning a second child (I am 39, my husband is 40). What is the probability that our 4-year-old daughter and the baby we are planning may have diabetes in the future?
In type 2 diabetes, the inheritance is quite strong and in the case of the disease of one of the parents, the risk of developing the disease in children is 40%. It is also influenced by environmental factors, such as nutrition during infancy (it is good if the baby is breastfed for a long time), the subsequent diet so that he is not obese, etc.
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Jolanta MętrakIn addition to specializing in internal diseases, he also deals with professional weight loss, he works at the DAMIANA Medical Center and the "Czajkowscy" Polyclinic in Piaseczno (14 Kilińskiego Street).
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