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Help please! is diabetes contagious or sexually transmissible?

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Dr. William Haynes answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine - Endocrinology

Not at all: Diabetes is not contagious. It is determined by genetic background and overweight (for type 2). There are some data suggesting that type 1 diabetes may be triggered by viral infections (like influenza) but these would not cause diabetes in someone without the right genetic background.

Answered 7/18/2013

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