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Can my children get diabetes if my husband has diabetes?

4 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
Dr. Ray Holt answered

Yes: It's not 100% but their lifetime risk is higher than the average population. They should be instilled with healthy habits which can redue their risk. Regular exercise and a healthy diet!

Answered 11/23/2016

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Dr. Gutti Rao answered

Specializes in Hospital-based practice

Difficult to assess: In all likelihood, your children can get diabetes, hard to predict as genetic inheritance in diabetes is complicated. Estimated 30-70% chance of getting type2 dm.

Answered 12/22/2015

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Dr. Natalie Hodge answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

Yes: If your husband has type one diabetes, then your children have a 1 in 20 chance of getting type one diabetes. The populations overall risk is one in 300. They can do a screening called Trial Net to look for the very early signs of antibodies that destroy the pancreas. Check out this site and give them a call. https://www.diabetestrialnet.org/

Answered 12/8/2014

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