Diabetes is a genetic disease, but it is not 100% genetic. Now the state has liberalized the two child policy. For many people with diabetes, if they want to have a second child, are they worried about whether diabetes will be inherited? Let's make a brief introduction for you.
Can diabetes be passed on to children?
Diabetes is a genetic disease. Up to now, it has been found that the incidence of patients with family history of diabetes is 3-40 times higher than that of patients without family history. In the normal population, the prevalence of diabetes is 1% - 5%, but for both parents who have diabetes, their children are more than 50% more likely to have diabetes.
In China, the heritability of diabetes is 51.2% - 73.8%, generally higher than 60%. However, the heritability of type 1 diabetes is lower than 60%, which shows that the heritability of type 2 diabetes is stronger than that of type 1 diabetes.
But this also can't explain, the parents are the children of diabetic patients will certainly suffer from diabetes, because the incidence of diabetes and environmental factors are also relatively close, such as obesity, infection, long-term intake of high sugar content food and other important factors that induce diabetes, in the dual role of genetic and environmental factors, mutual influence, it is more likely to suffer from diabetes.
What is the genetic probability of diabetes?
The children with the highest incidence are: it depends on the type of diabetes. If a child's father has type 1 diabetes and has been insulin dependent or has been diagnosed with diabetes as a teenager, the genetic risk is one in seventeen. But if the mother of the child has type 1 diabetes, and the child was under 25 at the time of birth, the genetic probability is only one in 25. If a mother is born after she turns 25, the genetic chance will be reduced to one in 100. However, if both parents have type 1 diabetes, the genetic risk will increase to a quarter. Type 2 diabetes is a type of diabetes associated with body weight, with higher heritability. If one parent has type 2 diabetes, the genetic probability is between one seventh and one thirteenth; but if both parents have type 2 diabetes, the genetic probability is increased to one half. In fact, for these children with a family history of type 2 diabetes, the danger is only near when they are also overweight. But now, the phenomenon of obesity in children is increasingly widespread, so the number of children with type 2 diabetes is also increasing. Both types of diabetes are at risk for heart disease, kidney disease, neurological problems and vision loss.
How to prevent diabetes
(1) Prevent and correct obesity.
(2) Avoid a high-fat diet.
(3) Diet to ensure a reasonable weight and work, life needs. The composition of the food is reasonable. The carbohydrate is not refined and rich in soluble vitamins, accounting for 50% - 65% of the total calories of the food. The fat accounts for 15% - 20% of the total calories of the food (the ratio of polyunsaturated fatty acids to saturated fatty acids is greater than 1.5). The protein accounts for 10% - 15% of the total calories of the food. Eat more vegetables.
(4) Increase physical activity and take part in physical exercise.
(5) Avoid or reduce the use of drugs that are harmful to glucose metabolism.
(6) Active discovery and treatment of hypertension, hyperlipidemia and coronary heart disease.
(7) Stop smoking and drinking.
(8) In addition to the regular fasting blood glucose, we should pay attention to the blood glucose measurement 2 hours after meal.
(9) Insisting on breathing air anion, anion has the characteristics of long-term stability in the treatment of diabetes, at the same time, it is easy to adhere to, is the latest spectrum efficient diabetes treatment method.