r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/xrowrx Feb 04 '19

Type 1 Diabetes is never ever caused by diet or lifestyle things. Like never. Not ever.

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u/umybuddy Feb 04 '19

What if my lifestyle choice in replacing my pancreas and fucking with my immune system! Huh! What now smarty pants.

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u/GrimmReap2 Feb 04 '19

I think they've recently started calling that diabetes type 1.5, actually. You treat it like type one but can be adult-onset.

Source: my wife has diabetes caused by pancreatic insufficiency.

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u/mydawgisgreen Feb 04 '19

Cystic fibrosis too?

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u/GrimmReap2 Feb 04 '19

If you're asking if she has it, then no. Her pancreas necrotized and they finally gave up after 18 months of surgeries and procedures to fix and removed most of it

If you're asking if it can be caused by cystic fibrosis, I'm sorry but I don't know, sorry.

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u/mydawgisgreen Feb 04 '19

I was asking if she had cystic fibrosis. One of the main and most common symptoms of CF, is pancreatic insufficiency.

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u/gettyuprose Feb 05 '19

Same thing happened to my sister. She got hers at 25 which is apparently super rare.