about 6 months after I got in a car accident, I went into ketoacidosis and discovered I was type 1 diabetic. But no one in my family has a history of diabetes. I’ve read many articles about pancreatic damage and diabetes but 3 years later, how can I find out if my accident was the cause?
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Oct 2009
How Can You Find Out If Your Type 1 Diabetes Is From A Car Accident?/?
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Usually type one is caused by a virus that attacks your islet cells, but I have read about cases where an accident has caused pancreatic damage that cuases the same symptoms as type one diabetes. Either way the pancreas is not working and the same type of treatment is needed. If you had pancreatic damage, it is possible that it was caused by the car wreck. You will need to talk to your doctor.
Type 1 is not from an accident. It’s a virus that attacks your islet cells.
Just a convenient coincidence.
Your diabetes couldnt have been from ur car accident. Its a virus that your body has, everyone is born with the cells to get diabetes it just weither or not if your cells get triggered.
type one diabetes is passed on geneticly, your family probably has a carrier and you were the unnlucky one to get it.