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Is there any way to contract diabetes from a diabetic cat bite?
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No: You are not going to catch diabetes from your cat. The cause of the most common form of type 1 diabetes has been linked to some intestinal viruses, these trigger an auto-immune disease that kills the Insulin producing cells and is most common in older kids. Adults can develop type 2 diabetes from Insulin resistance, most common if you are overweight.
Answered 9/28/2016
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