Does Diabetes in Parents means diabetes for their children?

The diabetes is a hereditary disease, but all the kids may not necessariyl be with it all the time. Type 1 diabetes (Juvenile-onset type) is not strictly a hereditary disorder and is not passed on from parent to off spring. Type-2 diabetes (Adult onset type) is genetically transmitted through a process called recessive trait. Maturity onset diabetes of the young occurring below 25 years is hereditary and transmitted by an autosomal dominant gene through three generations; but there are other genetic subtypes, recently described amongst this group - Childhood diabetes. There are some rare genetic syndromes associated with diabetes in children which are conveyed through a recessive trait -eg. Prader-Willi syndrome, Refsum's disease, DIDMOAD syndrome, Freidrich's ataxia, etc. This disease is so bad that it neither kills you nor lets you to live. My wife at present suffer from this since 22 years, her mother has the same problem. She being a gynaecologist, can manage and handle it with a lot of precautions and measures. Unfortunately she can't join with me and my son all the tasty dishes which we two can, and we feel very bad when she avoids these dishes just to manage with this hell diabetes disease.

Yes it is true. If both the parents are diabetic, then there is a 90 % chance that the children will get diabetes. My spouse has inherited it from both his parents side probably. His sister also has it. His elder brother has escaped it so far. There are two major things to do lifelong for the children to avoid or delay the onset of dibetes. First eating the right food in right quantities. It does not u can not eat tasty and varigated food. Just right portions for each type of food. Second is regular exercise. The exercise burns up any extra calories you build up. Diabetes is caused by lack of adequate insulin or excess insulin. The islets in pancreas manufacture it. Some how our own immune cells (T cells i think) start destroying these islets due to some genetic defect at some point of life of the potential diabetic. This is a frontier area of research

There's a high risk for bringing it on to your children but nothing is surden, unfortunatly there're not really any percautions that can be taken, if it happens it happens. A healthy diet and excersise are always important.

As far as doctors concern it is yes for children whose parents suffer from diabetics.You can overcome this problem with ease.General daily excercise will keep you away from diabetics...need not take medicine if you are fit doing exercises.