Comments on: Could Too Few Bacteria Cause Type 1 Diabetes?

By: tony diaabetic

tony diaabetic — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:09:20 +0000

I think that good health habits may have expossed me to type 1 diabetes. I was in the Marines and very intense in what I ate and how I worked out very clean and ocdish. When I got out I kept the regiment but started hanging out at junk yard since cars were my hobby. Very dirty environment. I also ate healthy but off schedule. This shock may have caused my reaction. I do remember not being sick for 5 years and the all the sudden I started getting warts on my hands and various colds that only lasted 1 day. After about 6 months of this weird stuff I was hospilized and diagonosed at 25. now 43 and in horrible shape I hope I can get it together soon.

By: susan2

susan2 — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:47:14 +0000

germs indeed cause diabetes. germs found in dirt and found in poor housing like that of minorities african americans and latinos. the germ might spread in homes through central air conditioning ducts and ventilations or from basements (old basements with mould)

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:59:21 +0000

I myself have Type I diabetes. My mother was and still is a very clean person. As a child I was kept as clean as possible, never being allowed to play in dirt. Now at 30 years of age, I start to wander if my diabetes came from genetics or a virus as the doctors told my parents when I was diagnosed at age 6. The advances that have been made since my diagnosis have been great, although I am still waiting for a machine that tests blood sugar levels without a drop of blood. I love learning all I can and hearing from others with the same problems.

By: Dawn Walsh

Dawn Walsh — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:34:52 +0000

I was diagnosed with Type 1 at the age of 37, in 1998. I think this is an interesting study, and, while it may not be the only reason the auto-immune system turns against the body, it really makes sense. I hope to see more information on this in the future.

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:42:13 +0000

My 11 year old daughter was very recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and I agree completely with the hypothesis of this study, that children in modern American culture might be too shielded from the general exposure that builds immunities. However, it’s personally frustrating because all my children were breastfed until they could walk (12-14 months) and raised with the attitude that a little dirt is a good thing to eat. My diabetic daughter is otherwise healthy and very active – it’s just one of those things that she has this particular auto-immunity and we look forward to the day when all auto-immune disease are better understood and ultimately curable.