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What is the life expectancy of a teen with type 1 diabetes and down syndrome?
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Hard to say: I as a nursing home director had a patient with downs syndrome and diabetes. She just expired at the age of 65 from complications of pneumonia. She did very well until the very end of life.
Answered 3/31/2013
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Getting longer: I the past i think a reasonable answer would be late 20s or mid 30s. However, advances in the treatment of diabetes and our ability to predict and treat of many of the complications of down's syndrome, i would say the life expectancy is now mid 50s or even beyond. However, everybody's situation is different. Therefore, there may be complications of these diseases at any age.
Answered 12/9/2013
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