How does adult onset Type I diabetes work? Is it “burnout” of the body’s ability to make insulin? Why isn’t it noticed sooner? Does good lifestyle prevent symptom development?

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How does adult onset Type I diabetes work? Is it “burnout” of the body’s ability to make insulin? Why isn’t it noticed sooner? Does good lifestyle prevent symptom development?

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The leading theory is a viral infection that is immunologically similar to beta cells. Hit me at 33… I’m a biologist and I think it’s also possible the immune system may have been clearing mutated/cancerous/pre-cancerous beta cells. No one has looked into that idea as far as I know

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