Infections in babies likely to result as diabetes in children
Posted on: 06/May/2016 9:31:19 AM
According to a new study, there are possibilities of increased risk of type 1 diabetes in children who experienced viral respiratory infections in the initial 6 months of their lifetime.
Data from over 3,00,000 children born between 2005 and 2007 were analyzed by researchers from Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen in Germany. All the data available were examined in detail on infections with the development of type 1 diabetes in their later days.
Such infections were categorized based on the causes such as dermal, gastrointestinal and respiratory infections, age and other factors.
Speaking about this, Andreas Beyerlein from Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen says there may be viral respiratory tract disorders during the initial 6 months of life which may later develop as risk of type 1 diabetes.
Infections that occurred during later days and those that involved different other organs do not pertain to other higher risk.
Researchers consider this as one more piece of evidence for how the type 1 diabetes develops, while there are uncertainty with generic and environmental factors.
This is first of its kind in terms of being able to confirm the results on the basis of data obtained from a population involving over 3,00,000 children. Anette-Gabriele Ziegler from Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen says the first six months of life is highly sensitive stage of life where their research has seen strong indications.
This result is also consistent with similar other results that were obtained from other set of children who had higher risk of history of diabetes in family. These earlier studies had already suggested that the first six months of life is highly crucial and sensitive for immune system development and that of autoimmune diseases like type 1 diabetes, said Ziegler.
